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DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1805446
Take the Shortcut: Biliary Intervention in Altered Anatomy
Abstract Text An 84-year-old man with previous gastric surgery (Roux-en-Y reconstruction) was diagnosed with complicated choledocholithiasis. He underwent cholecystectomy with partial choledocholithiasis extraction and biliary T-tube placement. After failed endoscopic access to the papilla, percutaneous cholangioscopy was performed through T-tube tract, after guidewire insertion and 12-Fr sheath placement. A 2-cm biliary stone was fragmented via electrohydraulic lithotripsy. Anterograde sphincteroplasty was performed. The procedure was complicated by choleperitoneum, requiring laparoscopic lavage and subhepatic drain placement. The patient recovered well, with drain removal one week later and discharge after imaging showing a stone-free bile duct. In this case, despite complicated by biliary leakage, surgery was minimally invasive, without need of biliary re-intervention [1] [2].
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Article published online:
27 March 2025
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