ReviewApplied bionics and biomechanics2023
The Outcome and Safety in Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration with Primary Suture versus T-Tube Drainage: A Meta-Analysis.
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- Impact of acute cholangitis severity on the safety of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration with primary closure: a stratified retrospective study.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration and primary suture versus ERCP combined with laparoscopic cholecystectomy for choledocholithiasis: a retrospective comparative study.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Validation of the safety of primary laparoscopic common bile duct closure in acute cholangitis: a retrospective cohort study.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- Clinical application of a self- dislodging biliary stent for one-stage suturing following choledochotomy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Clinical safety study of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration and primary suture in elderly patients: a new strategy for the treatment of stones.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- Textbook outcomes in the laparoscopic common bile duct exploration of choledocholithiasis: a new comprehensive quality evaluation criterion.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
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- The efficacy and safety of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration with primary duct closure for cholecystolithiasis combined with choledocholithiasis.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Comparative efficacy of laparoscopic choledocholithotomy with T-tube insertion vs. primary suture in the management of cholecystolithiasis complicated by choledocholithiasis.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Sometimes, after choledochotomy, the common bile duct is closed with T-tube drainage for several weeks to prevent postoperative complications such as biliary fistula and stricture. But there has been controversy over the advantages of primary suture versus T-tube drainage. The purpose of our meta-analysis in laparoscopic common bile duct exploration is to appraise the efficacy and safety of T-tube drainage and primary suture. Methods: The literatures were searched by Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, OVID, and EMBASE between the year January 1, 2001 and February 28, 2021. Meta-analysis was performed by Stata 12. Results: Fourteen studies with 1,549 patients (827 vs. 722) were included in our study. The primary suture group had significant lesser operative time ( Conclusion: The primary suture group had several advantages, including lesser operative time, postoperative complications, intraoperative bleeding, postoperative hospital stay, and hospital expenses. In bile leakage and bile duct stricture, the difference between the two groups was not significant. In the primary suture group, interrupted suture and continuous suture groups had similar bile leakage rate and bile duct stricture rate.
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