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Intraoperative cholangiography was successfully performed in 99% of 525 consecutive laparoscopic cholecystectomies. There were 386 chronic, 54 acute, 44 fibrotic, 19 gangrenous, and 22 hydrops cases. Unsuspected common duct stones were identified in 5% of patients. Routine cholangiography to clarify the biliary anatomy, however, was of greater significance than the discovery of unsuspected common duct stones.
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Corbitt, J.D., Yusem, S.O. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy with operative cholangiogram. Surg Endosc 8, 292–295 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00590955
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00590955