Journal article
Endoscopic sphincterotomy for bile duct stones
Abstract
This paper reports the results of endoscopic sphincterotomy for bile duct stones in 50 patients. A design for a spincterotomy handle and a suitable stainless steel diathermy wire are described. Sphincterotomy was achieved in 45 patients (90%) and complete stone clearance in 42 (84%); this usually required two endoscopic examinations. Complications occurred in nine patients. Haemorrhage and pancreatitis were the most serious resulting in one …
Authors
Summerfield JA; Hunt RH; Lister AH; Kirk AP
Journal
British Journal of Radiology, Vol. 53, No. 635, pp. 1041–1046
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
November 1980
DOI
10.1259/0007-1285-53-635-1041
ISSN
0007-1285