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Nonoperative instrument extraction of retained bile duct stones

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Reoperation for removal of retained bile duct stones after cholecystectomy and common duct exploration can now be avoided by the technique of nonoperative instrument extraction of stones through the sinus tract from the indwelling T tube. In our institution, 380 patients underwent this new procedure of nonoperative percutaneous stone extraction from the biliary tract during the past 7 years. The extraction was accomplished in ambulatory patients under fluoroscopic control. It carried a success rate of 95% and only 5% of the patients required a second operation for stone removal. There was a complication rate of about 5%, and there were no bile duct perforations or mortality. When compared to other therapeutic methods for removing retained stones, such as reoperation, choledochoscopic instrumentation, and attempts at chemical stone dissolution, the nonoperative percutaneous method appears to be the procedure of choice. The nonoperative technique is now practiced in at least 100 institutions in the United States, and successful extractions have also been reported from other countries.

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A l'heure actuelle, il n'est plus nécessaire de réopérer les malades qui ont des calculs résiduels après cholécystectomie et cholédocotomie. Ces calculs peuvent être enlevés à l'aide d'instruments introduits dans le trajet du drain de Kehr. Nous avons, au cours des 7 dernières années, utilisé cette technique dans 380 cas. L'extraction est faite chez des patients ambulants, sous contrôle radioscopique. Nous avons eu 95% de succès et 5% seulement des malades ont dû être réopérés. Il y a eu environ 5% de complications, mais aucune perforation cholédocienne et aucun décès. Comparée aux autres méthodes thérapeutiques (réintervention, cholédocoscopie, essai de dissolution chimique), la technique d'extraction non opératoire percutanée des calculs semble bien être la meilleure méthode. Elle est, à l'heure actuelle, utilisée avec succès dans plus de 100 centres aux Etats-Unis et également dans d'autres pays.

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Burhenne, H.J. Nonoperative instrument extraction of retained bile duct stones. World J. Surg. 2, 439–445 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563670

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