Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration (Paperback)

History of biliary surgery.-The first cholecystectomy.- The first choledochotomy.- History of common bile duct imaging.- Technique of CBD exploration in the 60’s 70’s.- The arrival of ERCP.- Approach to the cbd stones in the 80’s.-The revolution in the nineties: The laparoscopic cholecystectomy and bile duct exploration.- Review of the evidence against and in favour of LC-IOC±LCBDE.- Our technique & equipment needed.- Equipment and kit needed for LCBDE.- Surgical technique for LCBDE.- Laparoscopic ultrasound.- Different surgical scenarios and its specific management.- Different surgical scenarios.- CBD and CD both non-dilated.- CD Dilated & CBD non-dilated.- CD non-dilated & CBD Dilated.- CD & CBD both dilated.- The impossible hilum: The transinfundibular approach.- The closure after the access to the CBD.- Closure over T -tube.- Closure over antegrade stent.- Primary closure.- Closure with transcystic drain.- Bilioenteric anastomoses.- The LABEL technique.- Our experience with LCBDE in more than 450 cases.- The evolution to Biliary Surgery 2.0.- Our cases.-Failure to clear the duct.- Morbidity.- Closure after exploring CBD.- T tube vs antegrade stent.-Primary closure.- Increase in the use of transcystic approach.- The transcystic vs the TD access.-management of Type II Mirizzi syndrome.- The impact pf LCBDE in a general surgical department.-Bile duct exploration 2.0 .-Training in LCBDE.