Abstract:Of a total of 1791 biliary tract operations from 1977-1984 transduodenal sphincterotomy was performed in 6.3% of 1720 primary and in 63.4% of 71 secondary operations, altogether in 154 cases. In primary operations papillary and suprapapillary choledocholithiasis was the indication in 83.5% of sphincterotomies. In these cases papillary stenosis is not considered separately because sphincterotomy is the preferred approach to stone removal in retroduodenal choledocholithiasis. Without retroduodenal choledocholith… Show more
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