Ceruletide for retained biliary stones.

Retained common bile duct stones after endoscopic sphincterotomy: temporary and longterm treatment with biliary stenting.

Basket extraction after endoscopic sphincterotomy failed to clear the bile ducts immediately in 85 (30%) of 283 consecutive patients with common bile duct stones. Temporary biliary drainage was established by the insertion of a single 7 Fr double pigtail stent before further planned endoscopic attempts at stone removal. In 84 patients (21 male: 63 female, mean age 77 years) this measure relieve...

Bile Peritonitis following Surgery for Biliary Stones

Surgery for gallstone disease is becoming common because of increased prevalence and due to universal applicability of diagnostic investigations like ultrasound and its extensive use which was not available in past. Surgical methods like open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy are safe and complications arising out of such procedures have become uncommon due to increased awareness and expertise a...

Management of stones in the biliary tree

Management of stones in the biliary tree.

Stones in the biliary tree may coexist with gall-bladder stones, may be found only in the common duct (in the absence of gall-bladder stones) or, more rarely, may be present in the intrahepatic biliary tree-as in the Caroli syndrome.1 One of the most frequent causes of choledocholithiasis, however, is the retained common duct stone which has been left behind inadvertently after elective or emer...

Management of stones in the biliary tree