Open AccessLaparoscopic Antegrade Sphincterotomy A New Technique for the Management of Complex Choledocholithiasis
Author(s) -
Myriam J. Curet,
David E. Pitcher,
Donald S. Martin,
Karl A. Zucker
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199502000-00004
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , asymptomatic , ampulla , common bile duct , cholecystectomy , laparoscopy , bile duct , endoscopy , general surgery
Laparoscopic antegrade sphincterotomy represents a new technique that expands the ability of the surgeon to manage complex choledocholithiasis at the time of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The authors describe their experience with six patients with cholelithiasis and complex common bile duct stone disease who underwent successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy and antegrade sphincterotomies.