Laparoendoscopic rendezvous may be an effective alternative to a failed preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients with cholecystocholedocholithiasis (EN)

Tsikrika, Alexandra

Kapsoritakis, Andreas

Potamianos, Spyros

Manolakis, Anastasios

Tsiopoulos, Fotios

Psychos, Athanassios

Baloyiannis, Ioannis

Oikonomou, Konstantinos

Tzovaras, George

Background Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), remains the standard way of management for patients with cholecystocholedocholithiasis. Laparoendoscopic rendezvous (LERV), a combined procedure for removing the gallbladder laparoscopically and clearing the common bile duct (CBD) endoscopically at the same time, could be an attractive alternative. The aim of this study was to compare LERV with classic ERCP in patients with cholecystocholedocholithiasis.Methods 886 patients with cholecystocholedocholithiasis were treated either with the LERV technique (90 patients), or with the 2-stage approach, which includes preoperative ERCP followed by LC (796 patients). The primary endpoint was any difference in the success of CBD cannulation and clearance; secondary endpoints were the detection of differences in morbidity (especially post-ERCP pancreatitis [PEP]), and the feasibility of the two approaches.Results Successful cannulation of the CBD was more frequent with conventional ERCP compared with the LERV technique (89.8% vs. 75.5%, P=0.0001). LERV appears to be as effective as conventional ERCP for complete CBD clearance (85.5% vs. 82.8%, P<0.1). None of the patients in the LERV group had an episode of clinical PEP, whereas in the conventional ERCP group there were 23 episodes of PEP and one death. The median amylase level was higher in patients undergoing conventional ERCP group compared to patients in LERV group.Conclusion Classic ERCP has a higher rate of successful CBD cannulation and a similar rate of CBD clearance compared to LERV.Keywords Laparoendoscopic rendezvous, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, cholecystocholedocholithiasisAnn Gastroenterol 2018; 31 (1): 102-108 (EN)

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Ελληνική Γαστροεντερολογική Εταιρία

Annals of Gastroenterology

Αγγλική γλώσσα

2017-12-30

http://www.annalsgastro.gr/index.php/annalsgastro/article/view/3534

Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology (EN)

1792-7463

1108-7471

Annals of Gastroenterology; Volume 31, No 1 (2018); 102 (EN)