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SUCCESSFUL REMOVAL OF RETAINED BILE DUCT STONES BY ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY
Author(s) -
Byrnes D. J.,
Hennessy W. B.,
Meredith C. G.,
Piper R. B.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb99306.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , common bile duct stone , common bile duct , bile duct , surgery , general surgery
Two cases are reported in which endoscopic sphincterotomy was successful in allowing passage of stones retained in the common bite duct after cholecystectomy, performed in one case three weeks and in the other 14 years before.