Erratum to: Evaluation of operative cholangiography in 2043 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case for the selective operative cholangiogram

Practice Guidelines in Acute Pancreatitis

“…Gallstones can be documented within the common bile duct with accuracy similar to ERCP by EUS (39,205,(207)(208)(209)(210)(211)(212)(213)(214)(215)(216)(217)(218)(219)(220)(221)(222)(223)(224)(225)(226), with somewhat lower accuracy by MRCP (227)(228)(229)(230)(231)(232)(233), and by intraoperative cholangiography at the time of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (234)(235)(236)(237). Identification of a biliary etiology of acute pancreatitis is important because recurrent episodes will occur in one-third to two-thirds of these patients in follow-up periods of as short as 3 months unless gallstones are eliminated (238,239).…”

Routine versus selective intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

“…In another 12 patients, choledochoenteric anastomosis was constructed (choledochoduodenostomy in 11 patients and Roux-en-Y choledochojejunostomy in one patient). ERCP-ES was performed in seven cases of symptomatic ductal stones within 1-20 days (mean, 12) postoperatively.…”

“…In addition, it detects asymptomatic bile duct stones, which are estimated to be present in up to 5% of patients undergoing cholecystectomy [6][7][8][9][10][11]. Opponents contend this may cause a prolonged operative time and false-positive results, which can lead to more unnecessary common bile duct (CBD) explorations and their consequences, and they point to the fact that most small ductal stones pass spontaneously and the frequency of CBD injuries despite RIOC [6,9,12].…”

Routine magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and intra-operative cholangiogram in the evaluation of common bile duct stones

“…10 A move to a more selective approach has also been recommended and has been show to be safe, cost effective and not to increase postoperative complications. 11 Its role in identifying uncertain anatomy and visualising choledocholithiasis is well established. 12 However, whether IOC provides useful additional information following a normal pre-operative MRCP, when at operation the anatomy is judged to be clear, is not known.…”