[Treatment of common bile duct lithiasis under laparoscopy. A prospective multicenter study in 189 patients].

Abstract

Diagnosis and treatment of common bile duct stones is feasible by laparoscopy, and the results in this series compare favorably with those of conventional surgical treatment. Complete treatment of biliary lithiasis, in one operation, avoids the pitfalls of patient selection for preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and the risks of endoscopic sphincterotomy.