Prospective study evaluating the efficacy of a super-thin choledochoscope in the laparoscopic transcystic common bile duct exploratio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Patients who are diagnosed, or suspected, as harboring common bile duct (CBD) stones and scheduled to undergo elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000027169
- Lead Sponsor
- Aichi Medical University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 38
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1 Large(9mm or more) or multiple (n=6 or more)CBD stones 2 Suspected primary CBD stones 3 Intrahepatic stones or biliary dilatation 4 Aberrant hepatic duct which joins the cystic duct or the bile duct close to the cystic duct 5 Anomalous arrangement of the pancreaticobiliary ducts 6 Suspected biliary malignancy 7 Allergic to radiopaque contrasts 8 Short cystic duct making the introduction of choledochoscope problematic 9 Acute cholecystitis 10 Presence of a biliary stent at the time of surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method