Trial reportBMC surgery2015
Treatment of gallbladder stone with common bile duct stones in the laparoscopic era.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Minimally invasive surgical strategies for gallbladder stones with concomitant common bile duct stones: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Greater than or equal to 8 mm is a safe diameter of common bile duct for primary duct closure: single-arm meta-analysis and systematic review.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2022Pooled it
- Primary duct closure versus T-tube drainage after laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: a meta-analysis.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2021Pooled it
- Laparoscopic Transcystic Versus Transductal Common Bile Duct Exploration: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.World journal of surgery · 2019Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of laparoscopic transcysticBJS open · 2019Pooled it
- Transcystic versus traditional laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: its advantages and a meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2018Pooled it
- T-Tube Use After Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsPooled it
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- Safety and outcomes of laparoscopic bile duct exploration: a UK-wide multi-centre study (R-ALiCE).Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Management of multiple common bile duct stones via laparoscopic transcholedochal exploration: an observational study.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- The incidence, technical management and outcomes of impacted stones encountered during 1447 laparoscopic bile duct explorations.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Comparison of the efficacy of LTCBDE and LCBDE for common bile duct stones: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- ERCP findings provide further justification for a "surgery-first" mindset in choledocholithiasis.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- The single-stage management of bile duct stones is underutilised: A prospective multicentre cohort study with a literature review.Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2022Article
- Predictors for stone recurrence after a successful common bile duct surgical exploration for choledocholithiasis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2022Article
- Reinterventions following laparoscopic cholecystectomy and bile duct exploration. A review of prospective data from 5740 patients.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Review
- Laparoscopic lithotripsy and lithotomy of impacted stone at the terminal end of the common bile duct using a laparotomy biliary lithotomy spoon: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Transductal versus transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: an institutional review of over four hundred cases.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Postoperative rendezvous endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography as an option in the management of choledocholithiasis.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Safety and efficacy of emergency laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in elderly patients with complicated acute cholangitis.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundLaparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) for stone can be carried out by either laparoscopic transcystic stone extraction (LTSE) or laparoscopic choledochotomy (LC). It remains unknown as to which approach is optimal for management of gallbladder stone with common bile duct stones (CBDS) in Chinese patients.
methodsFrom May 2000 to February 2009, we prospective treated 346 consecutive patients with gallbladder stones and CBDS with laparoscopic cholecystectomy and LCBDE. Intraoperative findings, postoperative complications, postoperative hospital stay and costs were analyzed.
resultsBecause of LCBDE failure,16 cases (4.6%) required open surgery. Of 330 successful LCBDE-treated patients, 237 underwent LTSE and 93 required LC. No mortality occurred in either group. The bile duct stone clearance rate was similar in both groups. Patients in the LTSE group were significantly younger and had fewer complications with smaller, fewer stones, shorter operative time and postoperative hospital stays, and lower costs, compared to those in the LC group. Compared with patients with T-tube insertion, patients in the LC group with primary closure had shorter operative time, shorter postoperative hospital stay, and lower costs.
conclusionsIn cases requiring LCBDE, LTSE should be the first choice, whereas LC may be restricted to large, multiple stones. LC with primary closure without external drainage of the CBDS is as effective and safe as the T-tube insertion approach.
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