A 41 year old obese female patient comes with acute abdominal pain in the right hypogastrium. USG examination shows a stone in the common bile duct. Which is the treatment of choice for stone in CBD?
Correct Answer: Endoscopic sphincterotomy
Description: A gallstone in the common bile duct may impact distally in the ampulla of Vater. More than 80% of gallstones contain cholesterol as their major component. If surgical removal of common bile duct stones is not immediately feasible, endoscopic retrograde sphincterotomy can be used. In this procedure, the endoscopist cannulates the bile duct the papilla of Vater. Endoscopic retrograde sphincterotomy is especially useful in patients who are critically ill with ascending cholangitis caused by impaction of a gallstone in the ampulla of Vater. A T tube is left in the duct after the procedure.
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