AN ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUE FOR TREATMENT OF CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS FOUND AT LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Abstract

Objective: To introduce a new strategy for dealing with abnormal cholangiograms at laparoscopic cholecystectomy that makes postoperative cholangiograms possible and facilitates stone extraction by assuring access to the duct for a guide-wire-assisted endoscopic retrograde sphincterotomy.