RT Journal
A1 Seale A, Ledet WP, Jr
T1 PRimary common bile duct closure
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1999
FD January 1
VO 134
IS 1
SP 22
OP 24
DO 10.1001/archsurg.134.1.22
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.1.22
AB Objective 
    To show that primary closure of the common bile duct following minicholecystectomy is safe and effective.Design 
    Eighty-nine primary common bile duct closures done over 13 years.Setting 
    General community hospital.Patients 
    Patients with cholangiographic evidence of stones in the common bile duct.Interventions 
    Minicholecystectomy followed by a primary common bile duct closure or common bile duct closure over a T tube.Main Outcome Measures 
    Successful clinical result of primary common bile duct closure following minicholecystectomy.Results 
    Eighty-nine primary closures of the common bile duct between 1983 and 1986, resulting in successful clinical outcomes.Conclusion 
    Primary closure of the common bile duct following minicholecystectomy is safe, effective, and inexpensive.