Successful Removal of a Difficult Common Bile Duct Stone by Percutaneous Transcholecystic Cholangioscopy

• DOI: 10.5946/ce.2020.301
• Publication Date: 2021-05-05T23:28:11Z
• Authors: Hyunsuk Lee; Sang Hyub Lee; Gunn Huh; Yeji Kim; Saebeom Hur; Moonhaeng Hur; Minwoo Lee; Byeongyun Ahn
• Keywords: Biliary colic; Bile Duct Diseases

Common bile duct (CBD) stones are prevalent in 11% to 21% of patients with gallstones and can cause various clinical manifestations, from biliary colic sepsis. The treatment choice is endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, but approximately 5% 10% CBD difficult remove using these conventional methods. Although percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy lithotripsy be used as an alternative, it technically demanding risky if the intrahepatic not dilated. We report a case large stone that was successfully removed transcholecystic cholangioscopy.