Biliary sphincterotomy plus dilation with a large balloon for bile duct stones that are difficult to extract
Articles > Article · 2003
Authors: G ERSOZ, O TEKESIN, Ahmet Ömer ÖZÜTEMİZ, Fulya GÜNŞAR
GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2003, vol 57, pp 156-159
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.52
Summary
Background: Bile duct stones are still present in 10% to 15% of patients after the application of conventional endoscopic extraction techniques and require additional procedures for duct clearance. In the vast majority of these cases, there are 2 main problems: large stone size (>15 mm) and tapering of distal bile duct.