title: The usefulness of endoscopic transpapillary procedure in post-cholecystectomy bile duct stricture and post-cholecystectomy bile leakage.
abstract: This study was conducted to examine the usefulness of endoscopic transpapillary procedure in post-cholecystectomy bile duct stricture and postcholecystectomy bile leakage. Endoscopic transpapillary procedure was performed in 18 cases of post-cholecystectomy bile duct stricture and 6 cases of post-cholecystectomy bile leakage. In the bile duct stricture cases, the patients were assessed for the stricture by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC), and then underwent endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) for tube stent insertion. The stents was replaced every 3 to 6 months, and the treatment was continued until the patients became stent-free. Successful therapy was defined as a stent-free condition without hepatic disorder. In the bile leakage cases, the leakage was located by ERC and EST was performed. Then, endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD) tube was inserted at the proximal side of the bile leakage, and the therapeutic outcome was defined as successful if disappearance of the leakage was confirmed by cholangiography at a later date. Endoscopic transpapillary procedure was 100% successful in both post-cholecystectomy bile duct stricture cases (18/18) and post-cholecystectomy bile leakage cases (6/6). There was no accident due to the treatment. Restricture occurred in 5.5% (1/18) of the patients, but additional therapy was successful and the stent was removed. Also, there was no accident due to endoscopic transpapillary procedure. Endoscopic transpapillary procedure in postcholecystectomy bile duct stricture and postcholecystectomy bile leakage was demonstrated to be a less invasive, safe, and useful method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan. sakai4754@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuyuguchi
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Harutoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yukisawa
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eto
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaiho
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yokosuka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001655:Bile Reflux / Q000601:surgery*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome