Single-session minimally invasive management of common bile duct stones

Table 1 Benefits of intraoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Single hospital stay with single anesthesia

CBD stones may be removed without open CBD exploration when LCBDE is not feasible

The patient is not subjected to the possibility of failure of postoperative ERCP

If intraoperative ERCP is unsuccessful, then open/laparoscopic CBD exploration is performed under the same anesthetic

Endoscopic sphincterotomy performed during intraoperative ERCP facilitates postoperative ERCP if needed for removal of recurrent or residual CBD stones

ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; CBD: Common bile duct; LCBDE: Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration.