title: Bile duct stone formation around a Prolene suture after cholangioenterostomy.
abstract: The iatrogenic cause of bile duct stone formation is mainly due to suture materials, especially silk sutures. In recent years, Prolene and Vicryl sutures have been widely used in biliary surgery, and bile duct stone formation related to sutures are seemingly becoming rare, as there has only been one report of bile duct stone formation caused by Prolene sutures in the literature. In the last few years we have had two cases of Prolene suture-related bile duct stone formation within our unit. We therefore suggest that Vicryl sutures should be used as the first choice in biliary surgery, in order to prevent the formation of iatrogenic bile duct stones.
authors.affiliation: Qiang Li, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Liang Tao, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.affiliation: Xingyu Wu, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xingyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Lingjun Mou, School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia and Western Australia Liver & Kidney Surgical Transplant Service, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Lingjun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mou
authors.affiliation: Xitai Sun, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xitai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Jianxin Zhou, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Jianxin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
keywords: Cholangioenterostomy; Cholelithiasis; Prolene suture; Vicryl suture