Open AccessRandomised study on single stage laparo-endoscopic rendezvous (intra-operative ERCP) procedure versus two stage approach (Pre-operative ERCP followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy) for the management of cholelithiasis with choledocholithiasis
Author(s) -
Manash Ranjan Sahoo,
Anil Kumar,
Aashish Patnaik
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.134877
Subject(s) - medicine , rendezvous , stage (stratigraphy) , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , surgery , cholecystectomy , laparoscopy , general surgery , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , pancreatitis , paleontology , engineering , spacecraft , biology , aerospace engineering
The 'Rendezvous' technique consists of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) standards with intra-operative cholangiography followed by endoscopic sphincterotomy. The sphincterotome is driven across the papilla through a guidewire inserted by the transcystic route. In this study, we intended to compare the two methods in a prospective randomised trial.