Are Modified Procedures Significantly Better than Conventional Procedures in Percutaneous Transhepatic Treatment for Complicated Right Hepatolithiasis with Intrahepatic Biliary Strictures?

Abstract

We believe that the modified methods are superior to conventional treatment in that they effectively decrease procedural complications and cost, and significantly improve treatment results.

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gallstones

“…The other treatment options for hepatolithiasis include peroral cholangioscopic lithotripsy (POCSL) or percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic lithotripsy (PTCSL), which may be useful for diffusely distributed intrahepatic bile duct stones [632,636,[640][641][642][643]. In a series of POCSL for hepatolithiasis, the rate of complete stone removal was 64% [644].…”