Laparoscopic pancreatic duct incision and stone removal and T-type tube drainage for pancreatic duct stone: A case report and review of literature

Figure 1 Computed tomography scan of the patient’s abdomen, showing chronic pancreatitis with an atrophic gland and a dilated pancreatic duct containing one stone located at the pancreas neck (indicated by an arrow).

Figure 2 Intraoperative photograph showing the sites of the port wounds.

Figure 3 Laparoscopic ultrasound photograph showing the sites of the pancreatic main duct and stone.

Figure 4 Intraoperative photography illustrating the insertion of one Fr14 T-type tube into the pancreatic main duct (A), it is clearly visible that the pancreatic proximal duct is unobstructed; no stone is present (B).

Figure 5 Postoperative X-ray radiography through the T-type tube showing that the pancreatic proximal duct is unobstructed and the absence of a stone.