Clinical Features of Impacted Common Bile Duct Stones at Duodenal Papilla
Jae Min Lee, Sang Hoon Lee, Ji Hyun Kim, Tae Suk Kim, Sung Hoon Chang, San Ha Kim, Jung Ho Lee, Chang Don Kang, Jin Myung Park · 2024
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Description
Jae Min Lee and eight co-authors compared bile duct stones stuck at the gut opening with stones that sit freely in the duct, in this 2024 study. A stuck stone needs urgent removal through a scope. The team drew on a hospital database from 2017 to 2023 to find what sets the stuck cases apart.
Of one hundred eighty patients, forty-five had a stuck stone. That group was more often male and far more likely to show pancreas inflammation, signs of the duct piercing the gut wall, and pus in the duct. A nearby gut pouch and larger stones were, oddly, less common in the stuck group. The findings help doctors spot the urgent pattern early.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jae Min Lee, Sang Hoon Lee, Ji Hyun Kim, Tae Suk Kim, Sung Hoon Chang, San Ha Kim, Jung Ho Lee, Chang Don Kang, Jin Myung Park |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |