Abstract
A 33-year-old woman with symptomatic cholelithiasis underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Preoperative evaluation did not suggest the presence of choledocholithiasis, but intraoperative cholangiography showed a totally obstructing stone in the distal common bile duct. Laparoscopically directed, transperitoneal choledochoscopy was performed by passing a 9.4 F flexible ureteroscope through the cystic duct into the distal common bile duct. A single calculus was visualized and removed with a basket. The patient was discharged the next day, returned to full activity within 1 week, and has done well in the subsequent postoperative interval. The management of incidentally discovered common bile duct stones during performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy is discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 230-233 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Surgery |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 1992 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery