The routine use of intraoperative cholangiogram (IOC) in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) remains a contentious issue. IOC helps to delineate biliary tree anatomy, prevent bile duct injury and image ...

Most patients with an abnormal intraoperative cholangiogram at laparoscopic cholecystectomy undergo postoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to remove residual common bile ...

This retrospective, single-center study included consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy over a 9 year period (1992–2001). All patients underwent static intraoperative ...

The extrahepatic biliary tree was first visualized in 1918 when Reich injected bismuth and petrolatum and defined a biliary fistula, thus opening the field for further studies of the biliary tree.

In an analysis of a procedure used to help prevent common duct injury during gallbladder removal surgery, use of intraoperative cholangiography (radiologic examination of the ducts during gallbladder ...

Objectives To determine whether the routine use of intraoperative cholangiography can improve survival from complications related to bile duct injuries. Design Population based cohort study. Setting ...

Bile duct injury significantly impairs survival after cholecystectomy, particularly when it goes undetected during surgery, show the results of a study published in the BMJ. Furthermore, the authors ...

Use of Intra-Op Cholangiography in Cholecystectomy Questioned Intraoperative cholangiography does not prevent common duct injury during cholecystectomy. (HealthDay News) – Intraoperative ...

Gallstone disease is responsible for about 1.8 million ambulatory care visits and more than 700 000 cholecystectomies yearly in the United States.1, 2 In Canada, the adjusted annual rate of elective ...

Whether X-ray examination of ducts during gallbladder removal appears to be protective against later duct injury depends on how data are analyzed, according to an article published in the August 28 ...

Among patients with possible common duct stones, removal of the gall bladder, compared with endoscopic assessment of the common duct followed by gall bladder removal, resulted in a shorter length of ...

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