Surgery in biliary lithiasis: from the traditional"open" approach to laparoscopy and the"rendezvous" technique |
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Authors: | Giuseppe Tarantino Paolo Magistri Roberto Ballarin Giacomo Assirati Antonio Di Cataldo Fabrizio Di Benedetto |
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Institution: | 1. Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Trans-plantation Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41124 Modena, Italy;2. Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Trans-plantation Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41124 Modena, Italy;Department of General Surgery, Sapienza-University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy;3. Department of Surgical Sciences, Organ Transplantation and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND:According to the current literature, biliary lithiasis is a worldwide-diffused condition that affects almost 20% of the general population. The rate of common bile duct stones (CBDS) in patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis is estimated to be 10% to 33%, depending on patient's age. Compared to stones in the gallbladder, the natural history of secondary CBDS is still not completely understood. It is not clear whether an asymptomatic choledocholithiasis requires treatment or not. For many years, open cholecystectomy with choledochotomy and/or surgical sphincterotomy and cleaning of the bile duct were the gold standard to treat both pathologies. Development of both endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and laparoscopic surgery, together with improvements in diagnostic procedures, influ-enced new approaches to the management of CBDS in associ-ation with gallstones. DATA SOURCES: We decided to systematically review the lit-erature in order to identify all the current therapeutic options for CBDS. A systematic literature search was performed in-dependently by two authors using PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus and the Cochrane Library Central.RESULTS: The therapeutic approach nowadays varies great-ly according to the availability of experience and expertise in each center, and includes open or laparoscopic common bile duct exploration, various combinations of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and ERCP and combined laparoendoscopic rendezvous. CONCLUSIONS: Although ERCP followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy is currently preferred in the majority of hospitals worldwide, the optimal treatment for concomitant gallstones and CBDS is still under debate, and greatly varies among different centers. |
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Keywords: | biliary obstruction bile duct stones gallstones endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography laparoscopic cholecystectomy |
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