Digital single-operator video cholangioscopy in treating refractory biliary stones: a multicenter observational study.
Biliary stones
Cholangioscopy
Difficult biliary stone disease
Digital single-operator video cholangioscopy
SpyGlass DS
Journal
Surgical endoscopy
ISSN: 1432-2218
Titre abrégé: Surg Endosc
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8806653
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2020
05 2020
Historique:
received:
13
04
2019
accepted:
01
07
2019
pubmed:
17
7
2019
medline:
29
5
2021
entrez:
17
7
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Standard endoscopic treatment might fail to treat biliary stone disease. Here, we investigated the efficacy and safety of recently introduced digital single-operator video cholangioscopy (SOVC) for the treatment of difficult biliary stones. Digital SOVC procedures, performed in two tertiary referral centers between 2015 and 2018, were retrospectively analyzed. Only patients with a previous failure of endoscopic standard treatment and a SOVC-based biliary stone treatment using electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) or laser lithotripsy (LL) were included. The primary endpoint was to evaluate the stone removal rate per procedure and per patient. In total, 75 examinations with a digital SOVC-assisted biliary stone treatment, performed in 60 patients, were identified. Biliary stones were mainly located extrahepatic (64%) and less frequently intrahepatic (36%). The median stone size was 20 mm (interquartile range [IQR]: 10-25 mm) and the median stone number was 1 (IQR: 1-2). Digital SOVC-based treatment of biliary stone disease was successful in 95% of patients and 15% needed at least two treatment sessions. Evaluated per procedure, a complete stone removal was accomplished in 67% of all examinations (including initial and repeated procedures), while an incomplete stone removal was observed in 33% of cases. The per procedure analyzes revealed that the success rates for a complete stone removal were similar between LL and EHL (66% vs. 68%; p = 0.87). Complications, such as postinterventional cholangitis and pancreatitis occurred in 16% of examinations; however, except from one case, all were mild or moderate and no procedure-associated mortality occurred. Digital SOVC-assisted biliary stone treatment is highly effective even in cases with difficult biliary stones and might be considered the new standard of care for these patients. Furthermore, mild up to moderate complications were intermittently observed which might document the complexity of our included cases.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Standard endoscopic treatment might fail to treat biliary stone disease. Here, we investigated the efficacy and safety of recently introduced digital single-operator video cholangioscopy (SOVC) for the treatment of difficult biliary stones.
METHODS
Digital SOVC procedures, performed in two tertiary referral centers between 2015 and 2018, were retrospectively analyzed. Only patients with a previous failure of endoscopic standard treatment and a SOVC-based biliary stone treatment using electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) or laser lithotripsy (LL) were included. The primary endpoint was to evaluate the stone removal rate per procedure and per patient.
RESULTS
In total, 75 examinations with a digital SOVC-assisted biliary stone treatment, performed in 60 patients, were identified. Biliary stones were mainly located extrahepatic (64%) and less frequently intrahepatic (36%). The median stone size was 20 mm (interquartile range [IQR]: 10-25 mm) and the median stone number was 1 (IQR: 1-2). Digital SOVC-based treatment of biliary stone disease was successful in 95% of patients and 15% needed at least two treatment sessions. Evaluated per procedure, a complete stone removal was accomplished in 67% of all examinations (including initial and repeated procedures), while an incomplete stone removal was observed in 33% of cases. The per procedure analyzes revealed that the success rates for a complete stone removal were similar between LL and EHL (66% vs. 68%; p = 0.87). Complications, such as postinterventional cholangitis and pancreatitis occurred in 16% of examinations; however, except from one case, all were mild or moderate and no procedure-associated mortality occurred.
CONCLUSIONS
Digital SOVC-assisted biliary stone treatment is highly effective even in cases with difficult biliary stones and might be considered the new standard of care for these patients. Furthermore, mild up to moderate complications were intermittently observed which might document the complexity of our included cases.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31309312
doi: 10.1007/s00464-019-06962-0
pii: 10.1007/s00464-019-06962-0
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Langues
eng
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