| pubmed-article:10810822 | pubmed:abstractText | The treatment of common bile duct stones is nowadays endoscopic sphincterotomy. The authors reviewed their series from 1992 to 1999 and confirm that this is a safe, definitive, with low complication rate treatment if is performed in specialized centers and reduces the duration of hospitalization. Operative ERCP is successful is about 96-97% of the cases. There was no mortality related to the technique. | lld:pubmed |
