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. 1981 Feb;193(2):161–168. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198102000-00006

Choledochoduodenostomy, Choledochojejunostomy or Sphincteroplasty for Biliary and Pancreatic Disease

David P Vogt, Robert E Hermann
PMCID: PMC1345035  PMID: 7469551

Abstract

Choledochoduodenostomy, choledochojejunostomy, or sphincteroplasty are used in the treatment of selected patients with retained, recurrent, and impacted bile duct stones; strictures of the bile ducts; stenosis of the sphincter of Oddi; pancreatitis associated with biliary disease; choledochal cysts; fistulas of the bile duct; and biliary obstruction, either benign or malignant. From a group of approximately 1600 patients operated on for biliary and pancreatic disease during the 17-year period, 1962 to 1979, 153 patients who had choledochoduodenostomy, choledochojejunostomy or sphincteroplasty were identified. Follow-up information was available for 146 patients (95%). Overall, 84% of the patients had good results, 10% had fair results, and 3% had poor results. A 3% postoperative mortality rate was found, all in patients with unresectable malignancies. Treatment of bile duct obstruction, benign or malignant, was equally effective by choledochoduodenostomy or choledochojejunostomy. Jaundice resolved in all patients; three patients with benign strictures required reoperations for recurrent stricture formation, two after choledochoduodenostomy, and one after choledochojejunostomy. Recurrent cholangitis heralded the development of another stricture. Both choledochoduodenostomy and sphincteroplasty were used for patients with retained, recurrent or impacted duct stones. Pancreatitis did not occur in any patient after sphincteroplasty; the sump syndrome was not seen after choledochoduodenostomy. This review supports the view that choledochoduodenostomy is a safe and effective procedure. All three operative procedures were effective for the problems for which they were used; each procedure has a place in the treatment of recurrent or complicated biliary and pancreatic diseases. The procedures are complementary, not competitive. For certain problems, the operation performed depends upon the surgeon's preference and experience. The indications for and results of these operative procedures are discussed.

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