Abstract
It is not uncommon to find large stones obstructing the bile duct in patients with recurrent pyogenic cholangitis. In a series of 291 patients with cholangitis, 32 patients had stones more than 2 cm in diameter. Endoscopic extraction using a combination of large baskets, 1% EDTA flushing, and manual of mechanical lithotripsy allowed the common bile duct to be cleared in 50% of patients. Lack of space in the common bile duct to open the retrieval basket because of stone impaction was the major reason for failure.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 238-241 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Gastrointestinal Endoscopy |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1988 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Endoscopic removal of large common bile duct stones in recurrent pyogeneic cholangitis. / Leung, Joseph; Chung, S. C S; Mok, S. D.; Li, A. K C.
In: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Vol. 34, No. 3, 1988, p. 238-241.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Mok, S. D.
AU - Li, A. K C
PY - 1988
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N2 - It is not uncommon to find large stones obstructing the bile duct in patients with recurrent pyogenic cholangitis. In a series of 291 patients with cholangitis, 32 patients had stones more than 2 cm in diameter. Endoscopic extraction using a combination of large baskets, 1% EDTA flushing, and manual of mechanical lithotripsy allowed the common bile duct to be cleared in 50% of patients. Lack of space in the common bile duct to open the retrieval basket because of stone impaction was the major reason for failure.
AB - It is not uncommon to find large stones obstructing the bile duct in patients with recurrent pyogenic cholangitis. In a series of 291 patients with cholangitis, 32 patients had stones more than 2 cm in diameter. Endoscopic extraction using a combination of large baskets, 1% EDTA flushing, and manual of mechanical lithotripsy allowed the common bile duct to be cleared in 50% of patients. Lack of space in the common bile duct to open the retrieval basket because of stone impaction was the major reason for failure.
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