This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS
Management and outcome of borderline common bile duct with stones: a prospective randomized study. J Lap Adv Surg Tech A 2016; 26: 161-167.
Published: 10th August 2016
Authors: El Nakeeb A, El Geidie A, El Hanafy E, Atef E, Askar W, Sultan AM et al.
Conclusion
Two hundred patients with stones in a <10mm bile duct were randomized to preoperative ERCP or surgery only. Bile ducts were cleared in both groups using a variety of surgical techniques, but costs in the ERCP group were higher, and 16% developed post ERCP pancreatitis.
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