It was interesting to read an original article by Patel et al., entitled “Endoscopic Ultrasonography Can Prevent Unnecessary Diagnostic Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Even in Patients with High Likelihood of Choledocholithiasis and Inconclusive Ultrasonography: Results of a Prospective Study” which provided valuable prospective data for the use of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS...

OBJECTIVES A minimally invasive approach is considered the treatment of choice for gallbladder stones. We report our experience with the treatment of choledocholithiasis. METHODS From January 1993 to December 2002, 3118 patients underwent minimally invasive surgery for symptomatic gallstones, 2681 for gallbladder stones and 437 (14%) for cholecysto-choledocholithiasis. RESULTS We performed ...

HYPOTHESIS Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is frequently used preoperatively in adult patients with suspected choledocholithiasis. Cholelithiasis occurs much less often in children, and the indications for ERCP are not established. We hypothesized that the natural history of choledocholithiasis in children is spontaneous passage of stones through the papilla and that these...

I read with interest the article "Accuracy of ASGE criteria for the prediction of choledocholithiasis" by Nárvaez et al. Patients with suspicion of choledocholithiasis (CL) were categorized according to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) recommendations. Those patients classified into high or intermediate-probability for CL underwent an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopan...

Choledocholithiasis is a common disorder, especially in patients older than 60 years, as common bile duct stones may be present in 15% to 60% of cases in this special sample of population. Until recently, endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC), which is a very reliable method for visualizing and extracting gallstones in the same session, was considered the gold-standard for suspected chole...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transpapillary papilloplasty in patients with choledocholithiasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS All endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures performed at Hospital Ana Costa, in the city of Santos, Brazil, over the last five years were retrospectively evaluated using the hospital's information database. The success of the proced...

Biliary stone disease is one of the most common medical conditions that can lead to hospitalization and surgical intervention. Choledocholithiasis develops in approximately 10e20% of patients with gallbladder stones, while approximately 3e10% of patients undergoing cholecystectomy will have common bile duct (CBD) stones. The CBD stones can cause cholangitis, obstructive jaundice, acute pancreat...

INTRODUCTION Choledocholithiasis, being the most common cause of extrahepatic cholestasis, is diagnosed on the basis of clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, and imaging results. An important diagnostic and also therapeutic procedure performed in patients with choledocholithiasis is retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). However, due to the high rate of complications associated with ERCP...

Congenital agenesis of the gallbladder is a rare anomaly which is usually asymptomatic and found incidentally. In some cases, however, patients are symptomatic. Common symptoms include right upper quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Jaundice is present in some symptomatic cases and is due to associated choledocholithiasis (Fiaschetti et al. 2009). In this case, a 63-year-old female p...

Lemmel syndrome is a rare entity that causes biliary obstruction due to compression of the common bile duct by periampullary diverticulum. It can manifest as acute cholangitis and often underdiagnosed. However, once identified, it be successfully treated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, being one most used methods. should considered in elderly patients diagnosis duodenal div...