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Surgical considerations of choledocholithiasis

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

Conclusion

Patients with biliary tract disease should be prepared for possible operation on the common bile duct. There is little increase in morbidity when the common bile duct is examined directly in patients with obstructive jaundice, cholelithiasis and its complications, suspected tumor and in the post-cholecystectomy syndrome.

Improved results in patients with common bile duct disease have been due as much to preoperative diagnosis and management by the family physician and the non-procrastinating gastroenterologist as to improved knowledge and surgical skill.

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    Julian A. Sterling M.D.

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Sterling, J.A. Surgical considerations of choledocholithiasis. A. J. D. D. 16, 84–88 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001234

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