Cholecystectomy Without Operative Cholangiography

Jeffrey Barkun, Gerald M. Fried, Alan Barkun, Harvey H. Sigman, E. J. Hinchey, Jacob Garzon, Marvin J. Wexler, Jonathan L. Meakins

Annals of Surgery · 1993 · 132 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

LC can be performed safely without routine IOC. The selective use of preoperative and postoperative ERCP will clear the CBD of stones in 92.5% of patients.

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