Evaluation of Choledochoduodonostomy Vs Hepaticojejunostomy in Patients with Choledocholithiasis Indicated for Shunt .

A biliary-enteric anastomosis can be needed for a number of indications, including malignant or pre-malignant biliary diseases, benign biliary stenosis, bile duct injury, and complex choledocholithiasis. Choledochoduodenostomy is the most simple form of biliary-digestive anastomosis, with only minimal alteration to the normal anatomy. Due to the reported specific complications of choledochoduodenostomy, such as sump syndrome and gastritis caused by biliary reflux, creation of a HJ was preferred in the past decades . A Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy (HJ) does not cause sump syndrome and only rarely reflux gastritis, but the procedure is more extensive, requiring an additional jejuno-jejunostomy .Especially for patients with extensive intra-abdominal adhesions or with a history of small bowel resections, the creation of a Roux-en-Y limb might pose a problem. Some recent publications have concluded that CD leads to acceptable surgical outcome, with low reported incidences of sump syndrome and reflux gastritis. However, these studies do not make a direct comparison between CD and HJ. Especially comparisons of long-term outcomes between CD and HJ are lacking.