Multi-institutional expert update on the use of laparoscopic bile duct exploration in the management of choledocholithiasis: Lesson learned from 3950 procedures.
Víctor López-LópezPedro José Gil-VazquezDavid FerrerasAhmad H M NassarVirinder K BansalBaki TopalJie-Gao ZhuShu-Hung ChuangRosa JorbaMohamed BekheitDavid Martinez-CeciliaPablo Parra-MembrivesGeorgios SgourakisAnne MattilaAldo BoveSilvia QuaresimaJavier Ernesto Barreras GonzálezAnil SharmaJuan Jose RuizFrancisco Sánchez-BuenoRicardo Robles-CamposAlberto Martinez-IslaPublished in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2022)
Based on this multicenter survey, LBDE is a safe and effective approach when performed by experienced teams. The generalization of LBDE will be based on developing training programs.