Observational studyMedicine2016
Spontaneously removed biliary stent drainage versus T-tube drainage after laparoscopic common bile duct exploration.
Observational study in Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Complications of biliary stenting versus T-tube insertion after common bile duct exploration: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- T-Tube Use After Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsPooled it
- Primary Barbed Suture Versus T-Tube Drainage After Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Can laparoscopic common bile duct exploration be performed without any drainage? A propensity score-matched study.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2024Article
- Application of laparoscopic backtracking full-thickness continuous everting suture for non-AOSC choledocholithiasis.BMC surgery · 2023Article
- Comparative study of three common bile duct closure techniques after choledocholithotomy: safety and efficacy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2022Article
- Surgical (Open and laparoscopic) management of large difficult CBD stones after different sessions of endoscopic failure: A retrospective cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2019Article
- Temporary CBD Stenting with a Nelaton Tube Is a More Practical and Safer Option Than T-Tube Drainage after Conventional CBD Exploration for Choledocholithiasis.HPB surgery : a world journal of hepatic, pancreatic and biliary surgery · 2018Article
- Combined gastroscopic and choledochoscopic transabdominal nasobiliary drainage.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. BArticle
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Several studies have shown the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) as a minimally invasive treatment options for choledocholithiasis. Use of T-tube or biliary stent drainage tube placement after laparoscopic choledochotomy for common bile duct (CBD) stones is still under debate. This study tried to confirm the safety of spontaneously removable biliary stent in the distal CBD after LCBDE to allow choledochus primary closure. A total of 47 patients with choledocholithiasis underwent LCBDE with primary closure and internal drainage using a spontaneously removable biliary stent drainage tube (stent group, N = 22) or T-tube (T-tube group, N = 25). Operative parameters and outcomes are compared. Surgical time, intraoperative blood loss, length of hospital stay, drainage tube removal time, postoperative intestinal function recovery, and cost of treatment were all significantly lower in the stent group as compared to that in the T-tube group (P < 0.05 for all). Otherwise, Bile leakage between the two groups had no significant difference (P > 0.05). The biliary stent drainage tube was excreted spontaneously 4 to 14 days after surgery with the exception of one case, where endoscopic removal of biliary tube was required due to failure of its spontaneous discharge. LCBDE with primary closure and use of spontaneously removable biliary stent drainage showed advantage over the use of traditional T-tube drainage in patients with choledocholithiasis.
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