[Removal of Choledocholith by Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in a Situs Invsersus Patient].
Yeo SJ1, Heo J1, Cho CM1, Jung MK1, Park SY1, Kim MH1, Lee S1, Yu NR1.
The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi.Korean J Gastroenterol.2015 Dec 25;66(6):354-8. doi: 10.4166/kjg.2015.66.6.354.
Situs inversus is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disease with left-right inversion of internal organs. It carries technical difficulties in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. There have been a few case reports on stone extraction by ERCP in situs inversus patients. ERCP techniques in situs
Prophylactic Efficacy of 3 or 5-cm Pancreatic Stents for Preventing Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: A Prospective, Randomized Trial.
Fujisawa T1, Kagawa K, Ochiai K, Hisatomi K, Kubota K, Sato H, Nakajima A, Matsuhashi N.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology.J Clin Gastroenterol.2015 Aug 12. [Epub ahead of print]
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Prophylactic pancreatic stent placement is effective for preventing postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis (PEP). The most effective type of stent, however, remains unclear. Therefore, we prospectively compared the prophylactic efficacy for PEP pre
Laparoscopic transcystic choledochotomy with primary suture for choledocholith.
Chen D1, Zhu A1, Zhang Z2.
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons / Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.JSLS.2015 Jan-Mar;19(1):e2014.00057. doi: 10.4293/JSLS.2014.00057.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To investigate the possibility of extracting common bile duct (CBD) stones by laparoscopically inserting choledochoscope through the natural orifice of the cystic duct and a mini-incision on the CBD, and the safety of laparoscopic primary double-layer suture of the cystic
Progress of Digestive Endoscopy 85(1), 132-133, 2014
… Abdominal CT revealed a gallbladder stone, findings suggestive of cholecystitis, and a choledocholith. … The choledocholith was removed with a mechanical lithotripter after endoscopic sphincterotomy. …
Medical definition for the term 'choledocholith' ... choledocholith. Type: Term Pronunciation: kō-led′ō-kō-lith. Definitions: 1. Stone in the common bile duct. The information shown above for choledocholith is provided by Stedman's.
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