ReviewThe Korean journal of internal medicine2021
Recent advances in the management of difficult bile-duct stones: a focus on single-operator cholangioscopy-guided lithotripsy.
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- SpyGlass Direct Visualization System: A Cost-Effective Approach Enhancing Nutritional and Immune Recovery in Difficult Bile Duct Stone Management.Yonsei medical journal · 2026Trial
- Association Between CT Attenuation and Mechanical Basket Lithotripsy Failure in Common Bile Duct Stones: A Single-Centre Retrospective Exploratory Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Cholangioscopy-Guided Laser Lithotripsy for Removal of Large Biliary Stentoliths: A Prospective Case Series (with Video).Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- Cholangioscopy-guided laser lithotripsy for difficult pancreatobiliary duct stones: a single-center experience with high single-session duct clearance.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Cholangioscopy-guided lithotripsy and extraction of gallbladder stones through the natural lumen.Endoscopy · 2025Article
- Evolving Strategies for the Optimal Management of Common Bile Duct Stones.Gut and liver · 2025Review
- Cholangioscopy as a rescue for a post-cholecystectomy adherent stone formed around a migrated surgical clip in the common bile duct.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2024Article
- Endoscopic Management of Difficult Biliary Stones: An Evergreen Issue.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Epidemiology and outcomes of choledocholithiasis and cholangitis in the United States: trends and urban-rural variations.BMC gastroenterology · 2023Article
- The Usefulness of Peroral Cholangioscopy for Intrahepatic Stones.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Cost-effective analysis of preliminary single-operator cholangioscopy for management of difficult biliary stones.Endoscopy international open · 2022Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Digital Cholangioscopy-Guided Procedures for the Diagnosis of Biliary Strictures and Treatment of Difficult Bile Duct Stones: A Single-Center Large Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
The most effective and the standard treatment for bile duct stones (BDSs) is endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). However, in 10% to 15% of patients with BDSs, the stones cannot be removed by conventional ERCP, which involves endoscopic sphincterotomy followed by balloon or basket extraction. Additional techniques or devices are often necessary to remove these difficult bileduct stones, including endoscopic papillary large balloon dilatation to make a larger papillary opening and/or mechanical lithotripsy to fragment the stones. Advances in cholangioscopy have made possible electrohydraulic or laser lithotripsy under direct cholangioscopic visualization during ERCP. Cholangioscopy-guided lithotripsy could be another good option in the armamentarium of techniques for removing difficult BDSs. Here we review endoscopic techniques based on single-operator cholangioscopy for the management of difficult BDSs.
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