Most patients with an abnormal intraoperative cholangiogram at laparoscopic cholecystectomy undergo postoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to remove residual common bile ...

In an analysis of a procedure used to help prevent common duct injury during gallbladder removal surgery, use of intraoperative cholangiography (radiologic examination of the ducts during gallbladder ...

This retrospective, single-center study included consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy over a 9 year period (1992–2001). All patients underwent static intraoperative ...

Whether X-ray examination of ducts during gallbladder removal appears to be protective against later duct injury depends on how data are analyzed, according to an article published in the August 28 ...

Does intraoperative cholangiography performed at the time of cholecystectomy reduce the risk for bile duct injury? To answer this question, Sheffield and colleagues looked at the frequency of common ...

Bile duct injury significantly impairs survival after cholecystectomy, particularly when it goes undetected during surgery, show the results of a study published in the BMJ. Furthermore, the authors ...

Among patients with possible common duct stones, removal of the gall bladder, compared with endoscopic assessment of the common duct followed by gall bladder removal, resulted in a shorter length of ...

The optimal use of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic approaches for emergency gallbladder surgery is not well-defined. Rates of bile duct injury were similar with both surgical approaches, a large ...

More than 1 million Americans undergo gallbladder surgery every year. Yet relatively few people even really understand what the gallbladder does—or why it would need to be removed. Located just below ...

Gallstone disease is responsible for about 1.8 million ambulatory care visits and more than 700 000 cholecystectomies yearly in the United States.1, 2 In Canada, the adjusted annual rate of elective ...