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Chen G, Wu J, Xiao L, Wen Y, Yang T, Wang S. Right posteroinferior bile duct angulation correlates with bile duct stone occurrence in patients with hepatolithiasis. Abdom Radiol (NY) 2020; 45:3103-3108. [PMID: 32095859 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-020-02444-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the correlation between right posteroinferior bile duct (RPBD) angulation and the occurrence of bile duct stones in patients with hepatolithiasis. METHODS Patients presenting with hepatolithiasis in our hospital from January 2011 to July 2016 were divided into two groups according to whether their RPBD was affected by stones. A statistical analysis for the relevant factors associated with bile duct stone formation in the RPBD was performed. RESULTS The binary logistic regression results showed that stenosis of the right hepatic duct [odds ratio (OR): 7.313; 95% confidence interval (CI) 4.131-12.945)] and the angle of the RPBD (OR 0.896; 95%CI 0.877-0.916) were risk factors associated with the formation of RPBD stones. Further, the receiver operating characteristic curve indicated that, when the angle of the RPBD was less than 44.58°, stones were able to form more easily in the RPBD. CONCLUSION The occurrence of bile duct stones is well correlated with sharp bile duct angulation.
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Lou J, Hu Q, Ma T, Chen W, Wang J, Pankaj P. A novel approach with holmium laser ablation for endoscopic management of intrahepatic biliary stricture. BMC Gastroenterol 2019; 19:172. [PMID: 31675911 PMCID: PMC6824045 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-019-1093-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Hepatolithiasis, featuring high incidence, severe symptoms, and common recurrence, poses a heavy disease burden. Endoscopic management provides an opportunity to cure hepatolithiasis, but fails to properly resolve biliary stricture without additional interventional techniques. An innovative approach towards endoscopic management of biliary stricture is required. Methods Holmium laser ablation was applied to biliary strictures via endoscopic access. Patients’ demographic, operative, and follow-up data after receiving holmium laser ablation were retrospectively collected for analysis. Results A total of 15 patients (4 males and 11 females) underwent stricture ablation by holmium laser via cholangioscopy. All the patients successfully received holmium laser ablation, indicating a technical success rate of 100%. No postoperative mortality or no major perioperative complication was observed. During the follow-up period, the recurrence-free rate was 73% at 2 years and 67% at 5 years. Conclusions We successfully developed a novel technique of biliary stricture removal by cholangioscopic holmium laser ablation with satisfying clinical outcomes.
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- Jianying Lou
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 88 Jiefang Rd, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Qingchun Rd, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Qingchun Rd, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Qingchun Rd, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Qingchun Rd, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 88 Jiefang Rd, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China
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Park HM, Hur YH, Cho CK, Koh YS, Kim HJ, Park EK. Incidence of underlying biliary neoplasm in patients after major hepatectomy for preoperative benign hepatolithiasis. Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2016; 20:173-179. [PMID: 28261696 PMCID: PMC5325148 DOI: 10.14701/ahbps.2016.20.4.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Backgrounds/Aims Despite hepatolithiasis being a risk factor for biliary neoplasm including cholangiocarcinoma, the incidence of underlying biliary neoplasm is unknown in patients with preoperative benign hepatolithiasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of underlying biliary neoplasm in patients who underwent major hepatectomy for preoperative benign hepatolithiasis. Methods Between March 2005 and December 2015, 73 patients who underwent major hepatectomy for preoperative benign hepatolithiasis were enrolled in this study. The incidence and pathological differentiation of concomitant biliary neoplasm were retrospectively determined by review of medical records. Postoperative complications after major hepatectomy were evaluated. Results Concomitant biliary neoplasm was pathologically confirmed in 20 patients (27.4%). Biliary intraepithelial neoplasia (BIN) was detected in 12 patients (16.4%), and 1 patient (1.4%) had intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN), as the premalignant lesion. Cholangiocarcinoma was pathologically confirmed in 7 patients (9.6%). Preoperative imaging of the 73 patients revealed biliary stricture at the first branch of bile duct in 31 patients (42.5%), and at the second branch of bile duct in 39 patients (53.4%). Postoperative complications developed in 14 patients (19.1%). Almost all patients recovered from complications, including intra-abdominal abscess (9.6%), bile leakage (4.1%), pleural effusion (2.7%), and wound infection (1.4%). Only 1 patient (1.4%) died from aspiration pneumonia. Conclusions The incidence of underlying biliary neoplasm was not negligible in the patients with hepatolithiasis, despite meticulous preoperative evaluations.
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- Hyeong Min Park
- Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University College of Medicine, Hwasun, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University College of Medicine, Hwasun, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University College of Medicine, Hwasun, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University College of Medicine, Hwasun, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University College of Medicine, Hwasun, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University College of Medicine, Hwasun, Korea
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Yang YL, Zhang C, Zhao G, Wu P, Ma YF, Zhang HW, Shi LJ, Li JY, Lin MJ, Yang SM, Lv Y. Choledochoscopic high-frequency needle-knife electrotomy as an effective treatment for intrahepatic biliary strictures. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015; 30:1438-43. [PMID: 25765565 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Hepatolithiasis is associated with the presence of intrahepatic biliary strictures, and balloon dilatation is the main approach. However, this method is difficult to implement if the bile duct distal to the stricture is blocked by stones. Therefore, alternative methods need to be explored to effectively treat hepatolithiasis. The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of choledochoscopic high-frequency needle-knife electrotomy for the treatment of intrahepatic biliary strictures. METHODS Clinical data of 58 patients suffering from intrahepatic bile duct strictures from January 2011 to January 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. Choledochoscopic electrotomy was used to resolve the strictures. RESULTS One hundred thirty-four sites of intrahepatic bile duct strictures were discovered. The average operating time of electrotomy is 5.6 min (range, 1 ∼ 15 min). Structured bile duct tissue bleeding occurred in eight sites (8/134, 6.0%) but were resolved by endoscopic high-frequency electric cautery. After the operations, 14 cases of cholangitis (14/58, 24.1%), three cases of delayed hemobilia, one case of liver abscess (1/58, 1.7%), and seven cases of stenting exodus (7/58, 12.1%) were observed despite conservative treatment and stenting reset. The average supporting time was 7.0 months (6 ∼ 9 months). No abnormal bile duct structure or presence of stone was found according to choledochoscopy. The follow-up period ranged from 12 to 48 months. Hepatolithiasis recurred in five (5/58, 8.6%) patients, and the cumulative recurrent probability of intrahepatic bile duct stricture was 5.2% (7/134). CONCLUSIONS Choledochoscopic high-frequency needle-knife electrotomy could be considered as a simple, safe, and effective complementary approach for treating intrahepatic biliary strictures.
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- Yu-Long Yang
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.,Department of Biliary Minimally Invasive Surgery, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Biliary Minimally Invasive Surgery, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Tongji University Affiliated Shanghai East Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biliary Minimally Invasive Surgery, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Biliary Minimally Invasive Surgery, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Biliary Minimally Invasive Surgery, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Biliary Minimally Invasive Surgery, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Biliary Minimally Invasive Surgery, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Biliary Minimally Invasive Surgery, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Biliary Minimally Invasive Surgery, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Kassem MI, Sorour MA, Ghazal AHA, El-Haddad HM, El-Riwini MT, El-Bahrawy HA. Management of intrahepatic stones: the role of subcutaneous hepaticojejunal access loop. A prospective cohort study. Int J Surg 2014; 12:886-92. [PMID: 25078576 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.07.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Revised: 07/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with intrahepatic stones usually present with recurrent cholangitis, biliary sepsis and intrahepatic abscesses, may develop liver atrophy and may progress to cholangiocarcinoma. Treatment of intrahepatic stones is difficult and the disease progresses in most patients even after adequate treatment. Surgical removal of stones has been the standard management but residual stones and stone recurrence occur frequently whatever the technique. Because of the need for repeated biliary instrumentation, long-term access routes involving percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic lithotripsy (PTCSL), hepaticocutaneousjejunostomy (HCJ) and subparietal hepaticojejunal access loop to permit stone retrieval or stricture dilatation have been developed. PURPOSE The aim of this work was to evaluate the outcome of subcutaneous hepaticojejunal access loop in the management of intrahepatic stones. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between January 2009 and January 2013, 42 patients with intrahepatic stones underwent surgical treatment at the Gastrointestinal Surgery Unit, Main Alexandria University Hospital. Demographic data, details of operative findings, follow up details, and treatment of recurrent stones were analyzed. After approval of local ethics committee, all patients included in the study were informed well about the procedure and an informed written consent was obtained from every patient before carrying the procedure. RESULTS Forty-two patients (17 males and 25 females) with intrahepatic stones underwent surgery with construction of a subcutaneous hepaticojejunal access loop. Stones were confined to the left lobe in 25 patients, the right lobe in 3 patients and bilobar in 14 patients. Associated extrahepatic stones were found in 33 patients. Twenty-two patients had associated intrahepatic duct strictures. Five patients with atrophy of segments II and III underwent hepatic resection at the time of access loop formation. The mean operation time was 4.9 h and mean blood loss was 440 mL. Mean postoperative hospital stay was 10 days. Wound infection was the commonest complication, occurring in 5 (12%) patients. There were no specific complications attributable to the construction of the access loop. The subcutaneous access loop was used to gain access to the biliary tree in 28 patients with residual or recurrent stones. A total of 55 procedures (range 1-5) were attempted with successful access achieved in all cases and successful stone clearance in 21 of the 28 patients, and all of them were symptom free for at least 12 months after the last procedure. Partial stone clearance was achieved in the remaining seven patients. These seven patients had different degrees of biliary strictures. CONCLUSION The subcutaneous access loop offers the advantage of permanent access for the successful management of retained or re-formed intrahepatic stones with minimal morbidity since it permitted easy access to intrahepatic ducts using the conventional forward-viewing endoscope or the choledochoscope, without the additional morbidity of a biliary-cutaneous fistula or transhepatic access.
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- Mohamed I Kassem
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt
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Xie A, Fang C, Huang Y, Fan Y, Pan J, Peng F. Application of three-dimensional reconstruction and visible simulation technique in reoperation of hepatolithiasis. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013. [PMID: 23190368 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Hepatolithiasis often requires repeated operations in East Asia. This study aims to evaluate the clinical application of three-dimensional reconstruction and visible simulation techniques for repeated operation in patients with intrahepatic calculi. METHODS A medical image processing system was used for modeling, segmentation, and three-dimensional reconstruction of intrahepatic stones in 20 patients, consisting of 7 males and 13 females who were subjected to repeated surgical treatment from May 2010 to November 2011. The three-dimensional models of the liver and bile ducts in a standard template library format were then processed by the FreeForm Modeling System. Accurate digital information about the bile duct system, lesions, calculi distribution, and surrounding organs obtained from all directions, multiple angles, and multistrata were used to decide the rational surgical modality. Virtual operations were then performed on the models with virtual surgical instruments in the FreeForm Modeling System. The results were used to guide and were compared with the real surgical procedures performed. RESULTS The surgical outcomes of all patients in this study were satisfactory. Three-dimensionally reconstructed models provided clear and strong relief perception and a user-friendly interface. Visible simulation surgery performed based on three-dimensionally reconstructed models led to an optimal operation plan that had great resemblance to the actual surgeries for cases with intrahepatic stones. CONCLUSIONS Three-dimensional reconstruction and visible simulation techniques had unique value in optimizing repeated operation plans and in guiding actual surgical procedures for patients with recurrent intrahepatic calculi.
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- Aowen Xie
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Chenzhou City, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
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BACKGROUND Treatment requirements in hepatolithiasis may vary and may involve a multidisciplinary approach. Surgical resection has been proposed as a definitive treatment. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the clinical results of anatomic liver resection among Chilean patients with hepatolithiasis. METHODS An historical cohort study was conducted. Patients who underwent hepatectomy as a definitive treatment for hepatolithiasis from January 1990 to December 2010 were included. Patients with a preoperative diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma were excluded. Preoperative, operative and postoperative variables were evaluated. RESULTS A total of 52 patients underwent hepatectomy for hepatolithiasis. The mean ± standard deviation patient age was 49.8 ± 11.8 years (range: 24-78 years); 65.4% of study subjects were female. A total of 75.0% of subjects had a history of previous cholecystectomy. The main presenting symptom was abdominal pain (82.7%). Hepatic involvement was noted in the left lobe in 57.7%, the right lobe in 34.6% and bilaterally in 7.7% of subjects. The rate of postoperative clearance of the biliary tree was 90.4%. Postoperative morbidity was 30.8% and there were no postoperative deaths. Three patients had recurrence of hepatolithiasis, which was associated with Caroli's disease in two of them. Overall 5-year survival was 94.5%. CONCLUSIONS Anatomic liver resection is an effective treatment in selected patients with hepatolithiasis and is associated with low morbidity and no mortality. At longterm follow-up, anatomic hepatectomy in these patients was associated with a lower rate of recurrence.
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- Nicolás Jarufe
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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INTRODUCTION Focal intrahepatic strictures are becoming more common owing to more prevalent and accurate cross-sectional imaging. However, data relating to their management are lacking. The purpose of the present review was to synthesize the current evidence regarding these lesions and to formulate a strategy for diagnosis and management. METHODS A literature search of relevant terms was performed using Medline. References of papers were subsequently searched to obtain older literature. RESULTS Focal intrahepatic strictures involve segmental hepatic ducts and/or left and right main hepatic ducts during their intrahepatic course. Most patients are asymptomatic while the minority present with vague abdominal pain or recurrent sepsis and only rarely with jaundice. Investigations used to distinguish benign from malignant aetiologies include blood tests (CEA, Ca19.9), imaging studies [ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET)], endoscopic modalities [endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)/endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)/cholangioscopy] and tissue sampling (brush cytology/biopsy). CONCLUSIONS A focal intrahepatic stricture requires thorough investigation to exclude malignancy even in patients with a history of biliary surgery, hepatolithiasis or parasitic infection. If during the investigative process a diagnosis or suspicion of malignancy is demonstrated then surgical resection should be performed. If all diagnostic modalities suggest a benign aetiology, then cholangioscopy with targeted biopsies should be performed.
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- David Yeo
- University of Melbourne Department of Surgery, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
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Li FY, Cheng NS, Mao H, Jiang LS, Cheng JQ, Li QS, Munireddy S. Significance of controlling chronic proliferative cholangitis in the treatment of hepatolithiasis. World J Surg 2009; 33:2155-60. [PMID: 19641953 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0154-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recently, high stone recurrence and biliary restenosis rates in hepatolithiasis patients have been confirmed to be closely related to chronic proliferative cholangitis (CPC). However, the effective management of CPC has not yet been established. METHODS AND RESULTS A vicious cycle exists between the presence of intrahepatic calculi and CPC: both the stone itself and secondary biliary infection can stimulate persistent hyperplasia in the biliary duct wall, leading to the occurrence of CPC and biliary stricture. The recurrent attacks of CPC will, in turn, facilitate new stone formation via mucoglycoprotein production, or induced biliary stricture and cholestasis. Thus, even when the stone is completely removed and the biliary tract stenosis is corrected, residual CPC will persist and progress, with an underlying risk for postoperative stone recurrence and biliary tract restenosis. Therefore, the perfect hepatolithiasis treatment would target stone removal and correction of the biliary tract stricture, as well as control of postoperative residual CPC. In fact, CPC, the management of which has been traditionally ignored, is the key to breaking this vicious cycle. CONCLUSIONS Overall, the subsequent treatment of residual CPC after operation or choledochoscopic lithotomy would be helpful to decrease postoperative stone recurrence and the rate of biliary restenosis. Adding such treatment would reduce the incidence of surgical reintervention and choledochoscopic lithotomy, and it would also improve the postoperative hepatolithiasis outlook.
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- Fu Yu Li
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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AIM: To evaluate the short- and long-term outcomes of bilateral liver resection for bilateral intrahepatic stones.
METHODS: We reviewed retrospectively 101 consecutive patients with bilateral intrahepatic stones who underwent bilateral liver resection in the past 10 years. The short- and long-term outcomes of the patients were analyzed. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify the risk factors related to stone recurrence.
RESULTS: There was no surgical mortality in this group of patients. The surgical morbidity was 28.7%. Stone clearance rate after hepatectomy was 84.2% and final clearance rate was 95.0% following postoperative choledochoscopic lithotripsy. The stone recurrence rate was 7.9% and the occurrence of postoperative cholangitis was 6.5% in a median follow-up period of 54 mo. The Cox proportional hazards model indicated that liver resection range, less than the range of stone distribution (P = 0.015, OR = 2.152) was an independent risk factor linked to stone recurrence.
CONCLUSION: Bilateral liver resection is safe and its short- and long-term outcomes are satisfactory for bilateral intrahepatic stones.
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Cheon YK, Cho YD, Moon JH, Lee JS, Shim CS. Evaluation of long-term results and recurrent factors after operative and nonoperative treatment for hepatolithiasis. Surgery 2009; 146:843-53. [PMID: 19744434 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Accepted: 04/06/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatolithiasis is a common disease in East Asia. Operative and nonoperative procedures for the management of hepatolithiasis have been discussed, but long-term follow-up results of such treatments are only reported rarely. We evaluated the long-term results of operative and nonoperative treatments and examined risk factors for the recurrence of stones or cholangitis. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of case records of patients with hepatolithiasis who underwent treatment by operative therapy or nonoperative percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy (PTCS), or peroral cholangioscopy. Of 311 patients with hepatolithiasis, 236 underwent follow-up after operative (n = 90), PTCS (n = 97), or peroral cholangioscopy (n = 49) treatment. RESULTS Complete stone clearance was achieved in 83.3% of hepatectomy, 63.9% of PTCSL, and 57.1% of peroral cholangioscopy patients. After a median follow-up period of 8.0 years (up to 37 years), we observed stone recurrence in 30.9% (73/236) of patients, secondary biliary cirrhosis in 8.5% (19/224), late development of cholangiocarcinoma in 4.8% (11/227), and a mortality rate of 8.1% (19/236). Stricture, stones in both lobes, and nonoperative treatments were significant risk factors for incomplete stone clearance on multivariate analysis. In addition, recurrent stones and/or cholangitis were associated with nonoperative therapy (hazard ratio [HR], 2.01; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.10-3.65), biliary cirrhosis (HR, 2.22; 95% CI, 1.24-3.98), residual stones (HR, 1.98; 95% CI, 1.24-3.17), and stricture (HR, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.01-3.43). CONCLUSION In this long-term follow-up study, nonoperative therapy, biliary cirrhosis, residual stones, and biliary stricture were associated with recurrent stones and/or cholangitis after treatment.
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- Young Koog Cheon
- Institute for Digestive Research and Digestive Disease Center, Soon Chun Hyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Jeng KS. Systematic Treatment of Hepatolithiasis in Geriatric Patients. INT J GERONTOL 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1873-9598(08)70002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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AIM Surgical and nonsurgical procedures for management of hepatolithiasis have been reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate immediate and long-term results of hepatectomy as treatment for hepatolithiasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Immediate and long-term outcomes of 123 consecutive patients who underwent hepatectomy for hepatolithiasis at our institution from 2000 to 2005 were analyzed retrospectively. Acute cholangitis was the major presenting symptom (in 106 out of 123, 86.2% of cases). RESULTS The immediate stone clearance rate was 92.7% (114 out of 123) and final stone clearance rate was 96% (118 out of 123) after subsequent T-tube route or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Residual stones were identified in 5 patients (4%). The surgical morbidity and mortality rates were 33.3% (41 out of 123) and 1.6% (2 out of 123) respectively. Of the 123 patients, 3 (2.4%) had associated cholangiocarcinoma at the time of hepatectomy. With a median follow-up of 40.3 months (range 5-58), a recurrent stone developed in 7 patients (5.7%) and cholangiocarcinoma in 2 (1.6%). Ten patients died during the follow-up period, with 4 of them (out of 123, 3.2%) due to recurrent stone with sepsis. CONCLUSION Hepatectomy is a safe and effective treatment for hepatolithiasis, with a high stone clearance rate and fair rate of surgical complications. Recurrent stone-induced sepsis and cholangiocarcinoma are the major factors compromising long-term survival in these patients.
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- Tung-Yen Lee
- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the perioperative and long-term results of hepatectomy for hepatolithiasis. PATIENTS AND METHODS Immediate and long-term outcomes of 103 consecutive patients with hepatolithiasis who underwent hepatectomy from 1989 to 2001 were analyzed. Immediate outcomes included stone clearance rate, operative morbidity, and mortality. Long-term results included stone recurrence rate and survival. RESULTS The immediate stone clearance rate was 90%, and the final stone clearance rate was 98% after subsequent choledochoscopic lithotripsy by cutaneous stoma or T-tube route. The operative morbidity and hospital mortality rates were 28% and 2%, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that right hepatectomy (P=.006) and preoperative hyperbilirubinemia (P=.038) were predictive of postoperative complications. Ten patients (10%) had associated cholangiocarcinoma (four known preoperatively) at the time of hepatectomy. With a median follow-up of 56 months (range 6-158), recurrent stones developed in eight patients and cholangiocarcinoma developed in three patients (range: 7-30 months postoperatively). Sixteen patients had died during the follow-up period, none of recurrent cholangitis. Cholangiocarcinoma was the only significant prognostic factor of long-term survival by Cox regression analysis. CONCLUSIONS Hepatectomy is a safe and effective treatment for hepatolithiasis, with a high immediate stone clearance rate and a low long-term stone recurrence rate. The presence of associated cholangiocarcinoma is the main factor compromising long-term survival in patients with hepatolithiasis.
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- Da-Wei Chen
- Department of Surgery and Centre for the Study of Liver Disease, The University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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Cunha JEM, Penteado S, Machado MCC. Biliary access loops for intrahepatic stones: results of jejunoduodenal anastomosis. ANZ J Surg 2004; 74:288. [PMID: 15043748 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2004.02974.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jeng KS, Sheen IS, Yang FS. Vascular complications in percutaneous transhepatic management of complicated hepatolithiasis with difficult intrahepatic biliary strictures: are they avoidable? Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2002; 12:82-7. [PMID: 11948292 DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200204000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Little has been reported about hemobilia in the management of complicated residual or recurrent hepatolithiasis with intrahepatic biliary strictures by percutaneous stricture dilation and percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic lithotomy. To analyze retrospectively the incidence, possible factors, and management of hemobilia in such patients, a consecutive series of 177 patients was studied from 1983 to 2001: 90 patients in the early, 7.5-year period and 87 patients in the later period, in which some procedures were modified. Minor hemobilia occurred during percutaneous puncture in 6 patients: 4 (4.4%) in the early period and 2 (2.3%) in the later period. Massive hemobilia developed in 14 patients (15.5%) in only the early period, during stricture dilation, lithotripsy, or lithotomy. Immediate arteriography revealed arterial bleeding (7), extravasation (3), pseudoaneurysm (3), or an undetermined source (1). Transcatheter arterial intervention enabled successful hemostasis. Massive hemobilia is a potential serious complication of percutaneous stricture dilation and percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic lithotomy but is avoidable.
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- Kou-Shyang Jeng
- Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yoshida M, Yamamoto N, Nitta T, Uehara T, Terao R, Hatano E, Iimuro Y, Yamaoka Y. Suppression of proliferative cholangitis by E2F decoy oligodeoxynucleotide. J Surg Res 2002; 102:95-101. [PMID: 11796004 DOI: 10.1006/jsre.2001.6301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Proliferative cholangitis (PC) associated with hepatolithiasis results in stricture of the main bile ducts and is a major cause of residual and/or recurrent stones after repeated treatment for hepatolithiasis. The transcription factor E2F controls the expression of several genes involved in cell proliferation. The aim of this study was to inhibit PC using cytostatic gene therapy by transferring fusigenic anionic liposome-hemagglutinating virus of Japan (HVJ-anionic liposome) complexes containing a synthetic double-stranded oligodeoxynucleotide with high affinity for E2F (E2F decoy). MATERIALS AND METHODS PC was induced by introducing a fine nylon thread into the bile duct in a rat model. HVJ-anionic liposomes containing the E2F decoy were administered directly into the biliary tract. HVJ-anionic liposomes containing a missense oligodeoxynucleotide (scramble decoy) were also given as a control. The count of peribiliary glands in the bile duct, 5'-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling index, and immunohistochemical staining for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in the bile duct were compared among untransfected, scramble decoy-transfected, and E2F decoy-transfected rats. RESULTS E2F decoy-transfected bile ducts showed inhibition of the papillary proliferation of the biliary epithelium and peribiliary gland hyperplasia. BrdU incorporation and PCNA expression in the bile ducts were inhibited in E2F decoy-transfected rats. CONCLUSION Our cytostatic gene therapy approach using direct E2F decoy transfer into the biliary tract suppressed PC in a rat model and may offer an effective therapeutic option for reducing recurrence following treatment for hepatolithiasis.
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- Masanori Yoshida
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Jeng KS, Sheen IS, Yang FS. The benefits of a second transhepatic route in failed percutaneous management of difficult intrahepatic biliary strictures with recurrent hepatolithiasis. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2001;11:170-175. [PMID: 11444746 DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200106000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Percutaneous stricture dilatation and cholangioscopic lithotomy has become a mainstay in the treatment of patients with recurrent hepatolithiasis associated with intrahepatic biliary strictures. In a consecutive series of 125 patients who underwent percutaneous management of recurrent hepatolithiasis from 1987 to 1999, there were 15 patients in whom the procedure failed to clear the stones. A second percutaneous transhepatic route was established for subsequent treatment. A reappraisal of its indications and efficacy was done. Treatment through a second route was helpful for patients with bilateral strictures, angulated duct, difficult strictures, large impacted stones, a subcutaneous jejunal limb, or hemobilia developing in the first route. Strictures remained impacted in 1 of the 15 patients (failure rate, 7%), with the remaining having complete clearance of stones. Cholangitis occurred in two patients; no other complications were encountered. A second percutaneous route is very helpful for the management of complicated hepatolithiasis and biliary stricture.
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Jeng K, Sheen I, Yang F. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2001; 11:170-175. [DOI: 10.1097/00019509-200106000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND This review aims to establish whether increased use of invasive procedures and the trend toward conservative management of major trauma has resulted in an increased incidence of haemobilia. METHOD A Medline (http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/)-based search of the English language literature from January 1996 to December 1999 inclusive was performed using the keywords haemobilia, hemobilia, haematobilia and hematobilia. The presentation, aetiology, investigation, management and outcome of 222 cases were reviewed. RESULTS Two-thirds of cases were iatrogenic while accidental trauma accounted for 5 per cent. Haemobilia may be major, constituting life-threatening haemorrhage, or minor; it may present many weeks after the initial injury. Diagnosis is most commonly confirmed by angiography. Management is aimed at stopping bleeding and relieving biliary obstruction; 43 per cent of cases were managed conservatively and 36 per cent were managed by transarterial embolization (TAE). Surgery was indicated when laparotomy was performed for other reasons and for failed TAE. The mortality rate was 5 per cent. CONCLUSIONS Although the incidence of iatrogenic haemobilia has risen considerably, the bleeding is often minor and can be managed conservatively. When more urgent intervention is required, TAE is usually the treatment of choice. There is no evidence that the conservative management of accidental liver trauma increases the risk of haemobilia.
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- M H Green
- Department of Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
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Jeng K, Sheen I, Yang F. Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy in the Treatment of Complicated Intrahepatic Biliary Strictures and Hepatolithiasis With Internal Metallic Stent: . Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2000; 10:278-83. [DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200010000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Cholangitis is an infection of an obstructed biliary system, most commonly due to common bile duct stones. Bacteria reach the biliary system either by ascent from the intestine or by the portal venous system. Once the biliary system is colonized, biliary stasis allows bacterial multiplication, and increased biliary pressures enable the bacteria to penetrate cellular barriers and enter the bloodstream. Patients with cholangitis are febrile, often have abdominal pain, and are jaundiced. A minority of patients present in shock with hypotension and altered mentation. There is usually a leukocytosis, and the alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin levels are generally elevated. Noninvasive diagnostic techniques include sonography, which is the recommended initial imaging modality. Standard CT, helical CT cholangiography, and magnetic resonance cholangiography often add important information regarding the type and level of obstruction. Endoscopic sonography is a more invasive means of obtaining high-quality imaging, and endoscopic or percutaneous cholangiography offers the opportunity to perform a therapeutic procedure at the time of diagnostic imaging. Endoscopic modalities currently are favored over percutaneous procedures because of a lower risk of complication. Treatment includes fluid resuscitation and antimicrobial agents that cover enteric flora. Biliary decompression is required when patients do not rapidly respond to conservative therapy. Definitive therapy can be performed by a surgical, percutaneous, or endoscopic route; the last is favored because it is the least invasive and has the lowest complication rate. Overall prognosis depends on the severity of the illness at the time of presentation and the cause of the biliary obstruction.
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- L H Hanau
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Hepatolithiasis is prevalent in southeast Asia and presents a difficult management problem. Acute repeated episodes of cholangitis are frequently manifested in patients with hepatolithiasis. Without proper treatment, such infection can lead to liver abscess, secondary biliary cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and death from sepsis or hepatic failure. In addition to clearance of the stones and relief of bile stasis either by surgery or by interventional radiologic manipulation, effective antimicrobial therapy also plays a crucial role in the treatment of patients with hepatolithiasis. The aim of this study is to clarify the bacteriology in hepatolithiasis and to provide the information for an appropriate antimicrobial choice. METHODS From July 1993 to June 1996, 150 patients with hepatolithiasis underwent surgical intervention. Bile specimens were routinely obtained by syringe aspiration from common bile duct. The syringe was immediately capped, and the bile was subsequently cultured for both aerobes and anaerobes. RESULTS Bacteria were present in the bile of all patients. The bacteria most frequently found were gram-negative bacteria such as Klebsiella sp, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas sp, and the gram-positive Enterococcus sp. Bacteroides sp were the most frequently found anaerobes. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated the close relationship between acute cholangitis in hepatolithiasis and enteric bacteria and also displayed the detailed antibiotic sensitivity results. Armed with this fruitful information, we believe the antibiotic treatment for acute cholangitis in hepatolithiasis should first aim at enteric bacteria and be adjusted later according to the results of bacteriologic cultures and clinical situation to achieve an effective microbial control.
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- S Sheen-Chen
- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
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BACKGROUND Postoperative biliary ductal dilation and stent insertion are mandatory for managing complicated residual hepatolithiasis with intrahepatic strictures. Usually this procedure is performed under fluoroscopic guidance. Choledochoscopic examination is a routine procedure for residual hepatolithiasis. This is the first report of choledochoscopic biliary cutaneous stent insertion. METHODS Fifty-three patients underwent biliary cutaneous stent insertion under postoperative choledochoscopic guidance. Of the 53 patients, 35 had strictured intrahepatic ducts, 6 a stenotic hilum, 9 a tortuous fistula tract and 3 a choledochoduodenocutaneous fistula. RESULTS A total of 120 procedures have been performed in the 53 patients. Two thirds necessitated a repeated procedure. No major complication was found except 2 patients experienced mild abdominal pain after the procedure. Neither fluoroscopy nor contrast medium was used. CONCLUSIONS Choledochoscopic guidance is effective for postoperative biliary cutaneous stent insertion. It has the advantage of being technically easy and is relatively safe.
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- M F Chen
- Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the significance of performing hepatectomy for primary intrahepatic stones. Observations on the morphology of the bile ducts, histopathological findings of the excised liver, and treatment results were reviewed in 29 of 35 patients with primary intrahepatic stones. The remaining 6 patients (17.1%) were excluded because they had intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The subjects were classified into two groups according to the morphological characteristics of the bile ducts; one group comprised 25 patients having strictures in the central bile duct, and another group comprised 4 patients having no biliary stricture, but a localized dilatation in the distal bile duct. Calcium bilirubinate stones were found in all the patients with a biliary stricture, whereas cholesterol stones were found in those without a biliary stricture. Hepatectomy was performed in 25 of the 29 patients (86.2%), the results of which were excellent. In fact, during the past 10 years, no postoperative complications have occurred, nor have there been any retained or recurrent stones. Moreover, the postoperative hospitalization period was as short as 15.3 days. The findings of this study indicate that hepatectomy allows treatment for primary intrahepatic stones to be completed within a short period of time without incurring serious postoperative complications, and serves as a useful prophylactic technique for recurrent stones.
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- T Azuma
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
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STUDY AIM The aim of this study was to report the immediate results of a series of 65 hepatic resections for hepatolithiasis performed in Vietnam. PATIENTS AND METHOD From 1986 to 1998, 44 men and 21 women (mean age: 40 years) underwent hepatic resection for hepatolithiasis. Fourty patients had previously undergone one or several operations for hepatolithiasis. The procedure was performed on emergency in 25 patients. Indications for hepatic resection were: angiocholitis and liver abscess in 22 cases, stones closely inserted in the biliary duct in 20 cases, hemobilia in 12 cases, stones located above a biliary stricture in 8 cases and stones associated with a postoperative biliary fistula in 3 cases. Liver resections (minor in 61 patients, including 55 left lobectomies, and major in 4 patients) were performed through transhepatic approach according to the Ton That Tung technique and followed by an external biliary drainage with a Kehr tube. RESULTS There were 6 postoperative deaths (9%), 3 due to septic shock, 2 to cachexia, and 1 to liver failure. The 15 patients with complications recovered with conservative therapy. Bile infection was present in 93%, mostly with Escherichia coli and Enterobacter. Pigmented stones were usually found. CONCLUSION Vietnam is a country with high incidence of hepatolithlasis. Hepatic resection is an adequate treatment for localized intrahepatic bile duct stones when the involved segment including biliary strictures and calculi can be completely removed. The procedure may be performed on emergency for liver abscess, or hemobilia.
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- Service de chirurgie hépatobiliaire, Hôpital Viet Duc, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Jeng KS, Sheen IS, Yang FS, Cheng SJ, Ohta I. Percutaneous transhepatic placement of metallic stents in the treatment of complicated intrahepatic biliary stricture with hepatolithiasis: a preliminary report. Am J Gastroenterol 1999; 94:3507-12. [PMID: 10606312 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01615.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to study the effect of the metallic modified Gianturco-Rosch Z-stent in the management of refractory intrahepatic long-segment biliary strictures with hepatolithiasis. METHODS Six symptomatic patients with hepatolithiasis and coexisting intrahepatic long-segment biliary strictures, who failed to respond to the silastic external-internal biliary stenting, were selected. The metallic modified Gianturco-Rosch Z-stent was placed via percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography at the strictured site. Patients were followed regularly to evaluate for recurrence of cholangitis, stones, or strictures. RESULTS No complications were observed during the procedures. No recurrent strictures or formed calculi were found in these six patients during follow-up periods of 29 to 64 months. However, cholangitis and intrahepatic biliary muddy sludge occurred at 7 and 30 months in two patients after the placement of the metallic Z-stent. Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy was used to clear sludge completely. CONCLUSIONS Our experience suggests that the metallic stent is a well-tolerated and promising alternative in the management of refractory intrahepatic long-segment biliary strictures with hepatolithiasis. Though biliary sludge may develop, it can be detected and cleared early. Repeated surgery can thus be avoided.
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- K S Jeng
- Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Otani K, Shimizu S, Chijiiwa K, Ogawa T, Morisaki T, Sugitani A, Yamaguchi K, Tanaka M. Comparison of treatments for hepatolithiasis: hepatic resection versus cholangioscopic lithotomy. J Am Coll Surg 1999; 189:177-82. [PMID: 10437840 DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(99)00109-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hepatic resection and percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic lithotomy (PTCSL) are the two main approaches to the treatment of hepatolithiasis, but comparisons of longterm followup results have not been adequately reported. STUDY DESIGN Of 86 patients with hepatolithiasis admitted to our institution between 1980 and 1996, we reviewed 54 patients: 26 who underwent hepatic resection and 28 who underwent PTCSL. Five patients who underwent postoperative cholangioscopic lithotomy were included in the former group. The remainder of the hepatolithiasis patients were not treated by hepatic resection or PTCSL and, therefore, were excluded from this study. Hepatic resections were mainly indicated for left-sided localized intrahepatic calculi, atrophic liver, and possible presence of cholangiocellular carcinoma. PTCSL was performed for right-sided, bilateral or recurrent stones at an average of 6 treatments (range 1 to 20 treatments) for each patient. There were no differences between the two groups in terms of gender or age. The recurrence rate of stones and longterm prognosis were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method, and other clinical factors listed below were statistically compared. RESULTS The rate of complete removal of stones was similarly high in each group (96.2% in the hepatic resection group versus 96.4% in the PTCSL group). The complication (38.5% versus 21.4%) and 5-year survival (85.6% versus 100%) rates were comparable. Remaining bile duct stricture (18.2% versus 60.9%, p < 0.01) and 5-year recurrence rates (5.6% versus 31.5%, p < 0.05) were statistically lower in the hepatic resection group than in the PTCSL group. CONCLUSIONS Hepatic resection, when combined with postoperative cholangioscopic lithotomy, is a preferable treatment for left-sided stones with strictures and bilateral stones.
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- K Otani
- Department of Surgery 1, Kyushu University, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Beckingham IJ, Krige JE, Beningfield SJ, Bornman PC, Terblanche J. Subparietal hepaticojejunal access loop for the long-term management of intrahepatic stones. Br J Surg 1998; 85:1360-3. [PMID: 9782013 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00827.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The subparietal hepaticojejunal biliary access loop is a recognized technique for the long-term management of primary intrahepatic stone disease. This paper assesses the results of this approach in a series of South African patients. METHODS Between 1985 and 1997, 21 patients, of mean age 34 (range 24-66) years, underwent surgical extraction of intrahepatic stones and formation of an hepaticojejunal access loop. The access loop was subsequently used for further stone removal and stricture dilatation. Patients were followed prospectively (median 47 months) and details of the number and type of procedures performed, stone clearance rates, morbidity and subsequent outcome were recorded. RESULTS The distribution of intrahepatic stones was left lobe in 13 of 21 patients, right lobe in one and bilateral in seven. Six patients underwent additional left lobectomy at the initial operation because of associated atrophy of the left lobe. Following operation, stone removal and/or stricture dilatation was performed on 97 occasions (median 4 (range 0-24) procedures per patient). Complete stone clearance was achieved in 17 of 21 patients with partial clearance in the remaining four. There were no major complications and no deaths associated with the procedures. CONCLUSION The subparietal access loop permits long-term access to the intrahepatic ducts allowing removal of stones and dilatation of strictures with minimal patient discomfort and low morbidity.
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- Department of Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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Terao R, Honda K, Hatano E, Uehara T, Yamamoto M, Yamaoka Y. Suppression of proliferative cholangitis in a rat model with direct adenovirus-mediated retinoblastoma gene transfer to the biliary tract. Hepatology 1998; 28:605-12. [PMID: 9731547 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Proliferative cholangitis (PC) associated with hepatolithiasis develops the stricture of main bile ducts, and is the main cause of residual and/or recurrent stones after repeated treatments for hepatolithiasis. The aim of this study was to inhibit PC using the cytostatic gene therapy with direct adenovirus-mediated retinoblastoma (Rb) gene transfer to the biliary tract. PC was induced by introducing a fine nylon thread into the bile duct in a rat model. The adenovirus vector encoding a nonphosphorylatable, constitutively active form of retinoblastoma gene product (AdRb) was administered directly into the biliary tract. The adenovirus vector encoding beta-galactosidase (AdlacZ) was also given as a control. The bile duct wall thickness and 5'-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling index were compared among uninfected, AdlacZ-infected, and AdRb-infected PC rats. The Rb expression in the bile duct was detected using reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemical study. AdRb-infected bile ducts showed inhibition of the epithelial and fibrous tissue proliferation and the peribiliary gland hyperplasia, resulting in a significant reduction of wall thickness compared with uninfected and AdlacZ-infected ones. The BrdU labeling index was 4.87% +/- 3.06% in the AdRb-infected bile ducts, while those of uninfected and AdlacZ-infected ones were 15.48% +/- 4.61% and 11.72% +/- 1.23%, respectively (P < .05). In conclusion, our cytostatic gene therapy approach using direct Rb gene transfer into the biliary tract suppressed PC in a rat model and may offer an effective therapeutic option for reducing recurrences following treatments against hepatolithiasis.
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- R Terao
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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BACKGROUND Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis is a complex biliary tract disease characterized by intrahepatic pigment stones, endemic to Southeast Asia and seen with increasing frequency in the United States. The purpose of this study was to review the management of this disorder in a county hospital. METHODS A retrospective review of 45 patients with recurrent pyogenic cholangitis evaluated between 1984 and 1995. The clinical and surgical management of patients with localized versus bilateral hepatolithiasis were compared. RESULTS The prevalence of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis at our hospital has more than doubled since 1983. Fourteen of 45 patients (31%) had bilateral disease and required more abdominal computed tomography scans (P < 0.01), percutaneous cholangiograms (P < 0.05), endoscopies (P < 0.01), clinic visits (P < 0.05), and hospital admissions (P < 0.02) as compared with patients with localized disease. CONCLUSIONS The effective treatment of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis requires definition of the patients' intrahepatic distribution of disease, prior to surgical intervention, and the coordinated efforts of gastroenterologists, radiologists, and surgeons.
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- H W Harris
- Department of Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, 94110-3518, USA
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Yoshida J, Chijiiwa K, Shimizu S, Sato H, Tanaka M. Hepatolithiasis: Outcome of cholangioscopic lithotomy and dilation of bile duct stricture. Surgery 1998; 123:421-6. [DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6060(98)70163-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hepatolithiasis, or the presence of intrahepatic stones, is prevalent in East Asia and is characterized by the finding of stones within the intrahepatic bile ducts proximal to the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts. Bile stasis and bacterial infection have been incriminated as the major aetiopathogenic factors. Clinical features include recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, multiple liver abscesses, secondary biliary cirrhosis and cholangiocarcinoma. The goals of management include accurate localization of pathologies, control of biliary sepsis and the elimination of stones and stasis. Ultrasonography, computed tomography and direct cholangiography complement each other in defining the stones, strictures and degree of liver damage. Non-operative biliary decompression by endoscopy and interventional radiology is effective in controlling the infection, but surgery remains the mainstay for the treatment of stones and strictures. Intra-operative ultrasound and flexible choledochoscopy, combined with percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy and intraductal lithotripsy, facilitate stone removal. Balloon dilatation and biliary stenting serve to open the bile duct strictures. The creation of a hepaticocutaneous jejunostomy after conventional surgery allows atraumatic access to the biliary system for the removal of recurrent stones. The management of biliary parasites begins with conservative measures, including analgesics and anti-helminthic therapy. In refractory cases or patients with acute cholangitis, endoscopic biliary drainage and the extraction of worms may be necessary. Improvement in sanitation plays a crucial role in the epidemiological control of these biliary diseases.
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- VA Northern California Health Care System, Martinez 94553, USA
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BACKGROUND Hepatolithiasis is a common disease in East Asia and is prevalent in Taiwan. Surgical and nonsurgical procedures for management of hepatolithiasis have been discussed, but long-term follow-up results of surgical treatment of hepatolithiasis are rarely reported. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of case records of patients with hepatolithiasis who underwent surgical or nonsurgical percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy treatment. Of 614 patients with hepatolithiasis seen between January 1984 and December 1988, 427 underwent follow-up after surgical (380) or percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy (47) treatment for 4 to 10 years and constituted the basis of this study. RESULTS Long-term results of 427 patients with hepatolithiasis after surgical and nonsurgical treatment within 4 to 10 years of follow-up were recurrent stone rate 29.6% (105 of 355), repeated operation 18.7% (80 of 427), secondary biliary cirrhosis 6.8% (29 of 427), late development of cholangiocarcinoma 2.8% (12 of 427), and mortality rate 10.3% (44 of 427). The patients with hepatectomy had a better quality of life (symptom-free) with a lower recurrent stone rate (9.5%), lower mortality rate (2.1%), and lower incidence of secondary biliary cirrhosis (2.1%) and cholangiocarcinoma (0%) than did the nonhepatectomy group (p < 0.01). The patients without residual stones after choledochoscopy had a better quality of life than did the residual stone group (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Long-term follow-up study of hepatolithiasis after surgical treatment revealed a high recurrent stone rate (29.6%) that required repeated surgery and a high mortality rate (10.3%) resulting from repeated cholangitis, secondary biliary cirrhosis, and late development of cholangiocarcinoma. Patients who received hepatectomy or without residual stones after choledochoscopy had a good prognosis and quality of life.
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- Y Y Jan
- Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan
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We evaluated the role of circulating intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in the pathogenesis of hepatolithiasis. From December 1994 to May 1995, 40 patients with hepatolithiasis were included. All the patients met the following criteria: (1) presence of hepatolithiasis, (2) no obvious clinical evidence of an associated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, (3) no clinical manifestation of cholangitis for at least 72 hr, (4) no immunomodulatory agents in the last three weeks, and (5) no blood transfusion in the last three weeks. Venous blood samples were collected both before surgery and at least three months after complete clearance of the stones, and the serum concentrations of circulating intercellular adhesion molecule-1 were measured with a sandwich enzyme immunoassay method. Fifteen healthy subjects were used as a control group. Bile specimens routinely obtained during surgery were cultured for aerobes and anaerobes. The x-ray films of cholangiography were all reviewed in detail. The mean value (834 +/- 128 ng/ml) of circulating intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in the patient group before surgery was significantly higher than that (346 +/- 68 ng/ml) of the control group (P < 0.01). The mean value (677 +/- 139 ng/ml) of circulating ICAM-1 in the patient group at least three months after complete clearance of the stones was significantly lower than that (834 +/- 128 ng/ml) of the patients before surgery (P < 0.01), but this mean value (677 +/- 139 ng/ml) was still significantly higher than that (346 +/- 68 ng/ml) of the control group (P < 0.01). Bacteria was present in the bile of all patients. The total number of bacterial species was 135, and there were an average of 3.4 bacterial species cultured per patient. Intrahepatic stricture was demonstrated in cholangiography in 33 patients (82.5%). In addition to the high incidence of intrahepatic bile duct strictures and bile infection, a significant elevation in circulating intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) was shown in patients with hepatolithiasis. Our preliminary results seem to be promising and the real role of sICAM-1 deserves further investigation and elucidation.
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- Department of Surgery, Pathology and Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung, Memorial Hospital, Koahsiung, Chang Gung Medical College, Taiwan
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Sheen-Chen SM, Cheng YF, Chou FF, Lee TY. Ductal dilatation and stenting make routine hepatectomy unnecessary for left hepatolithiasis with intrahepatic biliary stricture. Surgery 1995; 117:32-6. [PMID: 7809833 DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6060(05)80226-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hepatolithiasis with intrahepatic biliary strictures, more common in Southeast Asia than elsewhere, remains a difficult problem to manage. Hepatic resection has recently been advocated as one of the treatment modalities for hepatolithiasis; however, this procedure is not without risk. This study was designed to achieve complete clearance of the stones, eliminate bile stasis, and avoid the potential risks of hepatic resection in the patient with hepatolithiasis and intrahepatic biliary stricture. METHODS In this prospective clinical trial 13 patients with retained left hepatolithiasis and intrahepatic biliary strictures were included. All the patients met the following criteria: (1) initial surgical procedure for hepatolithiasis, (2) normal gross findings of the left liver, and (3) no obvious clinical evidence of an associated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. After the operation they underwent matured T-tube tract ductal dilatation with percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy tube stenting. Choledochoscopic electrohydraulic lithotripsy was used in five patients after dilatation when impacted or large stones were encountered. RESULTS Complete clearance of the stones was achieved in these 13 patients. One patient had fevers develop after ductal dilatation, and another patient had mild hemobilia after electrohydraulic lithotripsy. Both recovered uneventfully with conservative treatment. These successfully treated patients remain well, with a mean follow-up period of 20 months. CONCLUSIONS Postoperative matured T-tube tract ductal dilatation and stenting, combined with endoscopic electrohydraulic lithotripsy when indicated, is an effective and safe alternative to hepatic resection for selected left hepatolithiasis with intrahepatic biliary stricture.
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- S M Sheen-Chen
- Department of Surgery and Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, Republic of China
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OBJECTIVE The authors reviewed the combined interventional radiologic and surgical management of 54 patients with intrahepatic stones at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The team approach used large-bore transhepatic stents to access the intrahepatic ducts until they were stone free. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Intrahepatic stones are uncommon in western countries. As a result, few American institutions have had much experience, and multiple management algorithms have been suggested. Nonoperative, operative, and combination surgical and nonoperative approaches have been advocated. At Johns Hopkins, combined surgical and percutaneous management has been used for 18 years. METHODS This team approach includes (1) percutaneous placement of transhepatic access catheters, (2) surgery for underlying biliary disease and stone removal, and, when necessary (3) postoperative percutaneous choledochoscopy and stone removal through the transhepatic stents. RESULTS The median age of the 54 patients was 50 years, and 32 were men. Biliary disease included 27 benign strictures, 7 sclerosing cholangitis, 5 choledochal cysts, 5 parasitic infections, 5 choledocholithiasis, and 5 biliary tumors. Fourteen patients (26%) were treated exclusively with percutaneous techniques. Forty patients (74%) had surgery, including 36 Roux-en-Y hepatico- or choledochojejunostomies with large-bore transhepatic stents. Eighteen of these 40 patients (45%) with multiple intrahepatic stones, strictures, or both required additional procedures after operation. No hospital deaths occurred after any of the percutaneous or surgical procedures. With a mean follow-up of 60 months, 94% of patients were stone free, 87% of patients were symptom free, and 73% have had their transhepatic stents removed. CONCLUSIONS A combined radiologic and surgical approach with transhepatic stents is a safe and effective method for managing intrahepatic stones.
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- H A Pitt
- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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Farndon J. The British Journal of Surgery digest. Surg Today 1993; 23:283-285. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00309244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Farndon J. What's in The British Journal of Surgery? Am J Surg 1992; 164:688-90. [DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80735-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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