Radiology Case Reports (Jan 2023)

Stone removal by percutaneous papillary balloon dilatation for cystic duct and bile duct stones after cholecystectomy and distal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy

  • Fumio Chikamori, MD,
  • Koji Ueta, MD,
  • Kazuhisa Onishi, MD,
  • Mitsuteru Yoshida, MD,
  • Nobuyuki Tanida, MD,
  • Hiromichi Yamai, MD,
  • Hisashi Matsuoka, MD,
  • Norihiro Hokimoto, MD,
  • Jun Iwabu, MD,
  • Ryo Yamada,
  • Kai Mizobuchi,
  • Shigeto Shimizu,
  • Niranjan Sharma, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 1
pp. 100 – 107

Abstract

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A 71-year-old woman was referred to our department for abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with acute obstructive cholangitis due to cystic duct and bile duct stones after cholecystectomy and Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy. Two years ago, the patient underwent endoscopic and laparoscopic treatment for cystic duct and bile duct stones, however, the stones remained. This time, she was treated with stone removal using percutaneous papillary balloon dilatation (PPBD). Large stones in the common hepatic and bile ducts were crushed by electrohydraulic lithotripsy and then pushed out into the duodenum through the dilated papilla of Vater using a balloon catheter covered with the sheath and cholangioscopy. Stone in the cystic duct was pulled to the common bile duct and pushed to the duodenum. Stone removal using PPBD is an excellent alternative for patients with cystic duct and bile duct stones unable to be treated with endoscopic or laparoscopic stone removal.

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