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Research Articles Issue 2 · 2019 · pp. 244–254 · Issue page

MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT OF COMMON BILE DUCT LITHIASIS. A LITERATURE REVIEW

CA
Catalin LUTIC1
LA
Laura MANDA2
DR
Dragos DAVITOIU3
VL
Vlad BALEANU4
LA
Laura DIMA5
DA
Danut VASILE6
DA
Daniel VOICULESCU7
1 Consultant surgeon, MD, 1st Surgery Department University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
2 Consultant surgeon, MD, 1st Surgery Department University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
3 onsultant surgeon MD, PhD, Senior assistant lecturer - “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Surgery Department “Sf. Pantelimon” Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
4 Resident surgeon, MD, Surgery Department “Sf. Pantelimon” Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania,
5 Resident surgeon, MD, 1st Surgery Department University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
6 Consultant surgeon, MD, PhD, Professor - “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, 1st Surgery Department University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
7 Consultant surgeon MD, PhD, Assistant lecturer – “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, 1st Surgery Department University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 29 March 2026
Available Online 15 March 2019
Abstract
COMMON BILE DUCT LITHIASIS IS A FREQUENT FINDING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR SYMPTOMATIC GALLBLADDER STONES. CURRENTLY IT IS ADDRESSED EITHER BY EITHER SINGLE-STAGE LAPAROSCOPIC EXPLORATION OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT AND CHOLECYSTECTOMY, EITHER BY THE TWO -STAGE ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY AND STONE EXTRACTION FOLLOWED BY CHOLECYSTECTOMY. THE RESULTS ARE SIMILAR FOR BOTH METHODS WHEN CONSIDERING COMMON BILE DUCT CLEARANCE RATE, OPERATIVE TIME, LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY, COMPLICATION RATE AND RECURRENCE RATE. LOCAL AVAILABILITY AND EXPERIENCE OF THE OPERATING TEAM SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN CHOOSING BETWEEN THE TWO METHODS.
Keywords
COMMON BILE DUCT (CBD) LITHIASIS ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE
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