Is endoscopic sphincterotomy for disabling biliary-type pain after cholecystectomy effective?

I.C. Roberts-Thomson; J. Toouli

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5107(85)72250-x

doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5107(85)72250-x

Is endoscopic sphincterotomy for disabling biliary-type pain after cholecystectomy effective?

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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy7.70

Volume: 31, Issue: 6, Pages: 370 - 373

Published: Dec 1, 1985

Abstract

Between 1979 and 1983, 50 patients were treated by endoscopic sphincterotomy for disabling biliary-type pain after cholecystectomy. Forty-six patients were seen at regular intervals for at least 12 months after the procedure and of these, pain resolved in six (13%), decreased in severity and/or frequency in 22 (48%), and continued unchanged in 18 (39%). Patients with bile duct dilation on a retrograde cholangiogram had a similar outcome to those...