Abstract
Endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) was proposed in 323 patients with a stone in the bile duct: 116 residual lithiases, 163 choledocal lithiases with (160) or without (3) a stone-containing gallbladder still present, and 44 residual lithiases in a drained bile duct. ES was successful in 309 cases out of 323 (95.6%) and the calculi were evacuated in 279 cases after sphincterotomy (90.3%). Immediate complications occurred in 9.4% of cases and were fatal in 1%; they were characterized particulary by hemorrhage. A retrospective comparison of the mortality following biliary surgery and endoscopic sphincterotomy was in favor of the latter. Out of 140 patients reviewed after ES, 130 were completely cured (93%).
| Translated title of the contribution | Endoscopic sphincterotomy in the treatment of biliary lithiasis |
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| Original language | French |
| Title of host publication | Revue de Medecine |
| Pages | 1191-1195 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Edition | 22 |
| Publication status | Published - 1979 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)