Surgical treatment of bile duct stenosis by a modified shunting of the biliary tract to the bowel with enhanced possibility to follow up and manage the shunt by the endoscope
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Benign biliary strictureSurgeryObstruction of bile duct
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10135364
- Lead Sponsor
- Assiut University Hospital (Egypt)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients suffering from benign biliary stricture
2. Patients indicated for surgical intervention in the form of bilioenteric shunt
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who were discovered intraoperatively or postoperatively to have malignant cause of the biliary stricture
2. Patients who died postoperatively due to non-surgical causes before performing the follow up endoscopy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Successful endoscopic access to the bilioenteric anastomosis in the fourth postoperative week with cholangiography performance.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Duration of the endoscopic procedure in minutes<br>2. Difficulty score to the endoscopist (score from 1-5)<br>3. Amount of bile in the stomach (score 0, 1, 2)<br>4. Efficiency of endoscopic management of biliary anastomotic stricture if encountered during follow up