Transcystic C-tube Drainage Following Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration
Kitano, S.; Bandoh, T.; Yoshida, T.; Shuto, K.
Surgical Technology International 3: 181-186
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1090-3941 PMID: 21319087 Document Number: 436016
At the beginning of laparoscopic surgery, common bile duct (CBD) stones were thought to be a contraindication for laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in the treatment of gallstones. At present, well-trained surgeons remove these stones in relation to LC. CBD stones are often present during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and when these stones are removed choledochoscopically a T-tube has to be inserted. This approach to remove the CBD stones has been documented. Insertion of a T-tube into the CBD is a subject open to discussion, because of one disadvantage when the T-tube is inserted into the CBD, patients stay in the hospital for more than 2 to 3 weeks postoperatively.