A CASE OF CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS WITH AN ENDOCLIP NIDUS, 6 MONTHS AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
SHIBATA S OKUMICHI T KIMURA A NISHIMURA Y IKEDA S YAHATA H DOHI K
Citation
S. Shibata et al., A CASE OF CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS WITH AN ENDOCLIP NIDUS, 6 MONTHS AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Surgical endoscopy, 10(11), 1996, pp. 1097-1098
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09302794
Volume
10
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1097 - 1098
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-2794(1996)10:11<1097:ACOCWA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A 69-year-old man developed obstructive jaundice 6 months after laparo scopic cholecystectomy. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography suggeste d a common bile duct (CD) stone, A second operation was performed, and this revealed a CBD stone with an endoclip as a nidus. Since laparosc opic surgery has become a very common procedure, endoclips are used mo re frequently. Therefore, careful surveillance and strict follow-up ar e stressed to avoid CBD stone and various other complications caused b y endoclips.