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Intraoperative cholangiography in laparoscopic cholecystectomy during residency in general surgery

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Abstract

Background

The role of laparoscopic intraoperative cholangiography (IC) in the diagnosis of asymptomatic choledocholithiasis is still controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic-therapeutic impact and the educational implications of this method for residents specializing in general surgery.

Methods

We reviewed the records of 835 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholecystolithiasis without choledocholithiasis. IC was routinely performed by both expert surgeons and residents in general surgery.

Results

The cholecystectomy was completed laparoscopically in 804 cases, but conversion to open surgery was required in 31 cases. IC was not completed in 140 cases (17.4%), and in 44 cases it revealed a suspected choledocholithiasis. The stones were treated via laparoscopy in 36 cases, laparotomy in six cases, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in two cases. Five patients were not diagnosed with choledocholithiasis. In one case, a lesion of the choledochus was discovered and treated laparoscopically. A total of 610 IC were done by expert surgeons and 225 by residents. The duration of the cholecystectomy with IC was significantly different between the two groups (76.9±12 vs 92.4±11), as was the feasibility index (88.6% vs 80.6%).

Conclusion

Laparoscopic IC is a safe and accurate procedure for the diagnosis of unrecognized choledocholithiasis. Teaching of this procedure as part of the specialization in general surgery would be opportune because it would provide surgical residents with an additional tool for the diagnosis and treatment of this pathology of the common bile duct.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Udine, P. le S. M. della Misericordia, 33100, Udine, Italy

    V. Bresadola, S. Intini, G. Terrosu, U. Baccarani, M. G. Marcellino, M. Sistu, F. Scanavacca & F. Bresadola

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Online publication: 11 May 2001

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Bresadola, V., Intini, S., Terrosu, G. et al. Intraoperative cholangiography in laparoscopic cholecystectomy during residency in general surgery. Surg Endosc 15, 812–815 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004640090006

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