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7827374

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Endoscopic biliary endoprosthesis was performed for 34 high-risk patients with common bile duct stones too large to be extracted by conventional endoscopic means. Bile duct drainage was established in all the patients without complications. Late complications developed in four patients and included cholangitis (three) and biliary pain (one). Twenty-five patients underwent a second endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography between 4 and 30 months (mean, 15.1) during follow-up. Stone fragmentation was obtained in 76% (19/25) of the patients. Ten patients had complete stone clearance, and nine patients had disintegrated stones which could be readily removed endoscopically. The remaining nine patients were followed up with endoprostheses in situ for four to 60 months (mean, 24.8) without any symptoms. These results suggest that endoscopic endoprosthesis for difficult common bile duct stones is an effective method to clear the duct in selected cases, as well as an important definitive treatment in high-risk patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0918-2918
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
597-601
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Endoscopic endoprosthesis for large stones in the common bile duct.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article