Author(s)

Shengze Li¹, Huihua Cai^2*, Donglin Sun², Xuemin Chen², Shengyong Liu², Xinquan Wu², Yong An², Jing Chen², Chun Yang², Yaping Sun², Xiaoyan Lu²

¹Department of General Surgery, The Third People’s Hospital of Jiangyin, Wuxi, China.
²Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Changzhou, The 3th Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

Objective: To investigate the feasibility, safety and the clinical value of primary suture following 3-port laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE). Methods: From January 2012 to September 2014, 176 patients suffered from choledocholithiasis were treated with primary suture following 3-port LCBDE and the clinical data were retrospectively analyzed. Results: All cases were operated successfully and none was converted to open surgery. The duration of operation was 92.2 ± 18.8 min and the length of postoperative hospital stay was 4.4 ± 3.7 d. Postoperative bile leakage occurred in 2 cases and these patients recovered by simple drainage for 3 to 7 days without re-operation. All patients recovered smoothly without any serious complications. Conclusions: Primary suture following 3-port LCBDE is safe, effective and mini-invasive, which is worthy of further clinical application.

Laparoscopy, Common Bile Duct Exploration, Primary Suture, Three-Port

Li, S. , Cai, H. , Sun, D. , Chen, X. , Liu, S. , Wu, X. , An, Y. , Chen, J. , Yang, C. , Sun, Y. and Lu, X. (2015) Clinical Application of Primary Suture Following Three-Port Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration: A Report of 176 Cases. Surgical Science, 6, 1-6. doi: 10.4236/ss.2015.61001.