ASSESSING OUTCOMES OF PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOSCOPIC LITHOTRIPSY WITH LASER LITHOTRIPSY UNDER DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY GUIDANCE AT VIET DUC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Thành Đạt Lương1,, Thanh Dũng Lê2,3, Trọng Hiền Dương 2, Bảo Long Trần4, Văn Sỹ Thân 2, Thành Đạt Nguyễn1, Ngọc Sơn Nguyễn1, Quang Lộc Trần5, Hải Nam Nguyễn2
1 General hospital of agricultural
2 Viet Duc hospital
3 VNU Hanoi-University of Medicine and Pharmacy
4 Hanoi medical university hospital
5 Hanoi medical university

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Objectives: Assessing outcomes of percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic with laser lithotripsy biliary under digital subtraction angiography guidance at Viet Duc University Hospital from march 2022 to august 2022. Subjects and methods: A prospective study of cases undergoing percutaneous transhepatic endoscopic lithotripsy under the guidance of ultrasound and digital subtration angiography at Viet Duc University Hospital from march 2022 to august 2022. Results: 50 patients met the inclusion criteria for the study, including 33 females (66%) and 17 males (34%), average age was 57.5 ± 16.8 years old (min 20 years old–max 93 years old). 41 patients (82%) had a history of biliary stones removal surgery, 25 patients had biliary stricture. Choledocholithiasis was observed in 16 patients (32%), 20 patients (40%) had intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct stones, the remaining patients had stones in the right and left intrahepatic bile ducts. The average size of gallstones in the liver was 21.4 ± 12.4mm (min 5mm – max 65mm) and common bile duct stone was 22.7 ± 15.1mm (min 4mm - max 82mm). The percutaneous transhepatic rigid cholangioscopic lithotripsy procedure with the appropriate ratio of portals for each patient of 14Fr (12.3%), 16Fr (14.0%), 18Fr (73.7%) increased the stone clearance rate after the procedure with the average stone clearance rate for intra- and extrahepatic stones (97.8 ± 6.1%), the rate of stone clearance in the common bile duct was 100% and the rate of intrahepatic stone clearance was 96.7 ± 7.1% , low lithotripsy time (46.6 ± 28.8 minutes), short hospitalization (5.9 ± 3.7 days) and low complication rate (7/50 patients accounted for 14%). Moderate - mild complications related to the procedure: 5 patients had a small right pleural effusion; 1 patient with transient fever after the procedure was treated with antibiotics and stabilized after 3 days; 1 patient with hemobilia was stable medically. Conclusion: The Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic lithotripsy technique by laser under the guidance digital subtration angiography and ultrasound is a safe and effective technique in the treatment of biliary stone.

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