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Management of Benign Biliary Strictures
Biliary Enteric Anastomosis vs Endoscopic Stenting
Adriano Tocchi, MD;
Gianluca Mazzoni, MD;
Gianluca Liotta, MD;
Gianluca Costa, MD, PhD;
Luca Lepre, MD, PhD;
Michelangelo Miccini, MD;
Ercole De Masi, MD;
Maria Antonietta Lamazza, MD;
Enrico Fiori, MD
Arch Surg. 2000;135:153-157.
Hypothesis Although advances in endoscopic procedures have provided alternative options for relieving biliary obstructions, the overall chance of cure for patients with benign biliary stricture is the same using surgical or endoscopic treatment.
Design Case-control study.
Setting Tertiary care university hospital.
Patients Of 163 patients referred for treatment with diagnoses of benign strictures of the common bile duct between January 1, 1975, and July 1, 1998, we studied 42 patients with postcholecystectomy stricture and a follow-up longer than 60 months. Twenty of these patients were treated with endoscopic stenting and 22 with surgery (hepaticojejunostomy, choledochojejunostomy, or intrahepatic cholangiojejunostomy).
Main Outcome Measures Postoperative mortality and morbility and long-term outcome. The rate of restenosis was also determined.
Results Morbidity occurred more frequently in patients treated with endoscopic procedures than with surgical ones (9 vs 2; P = .34). Hospital mortality was 0%. Surgery achieved excellent or good long-term outcome in 17 of 22 patients. Endoscopic biliary stenting was successful in 16 of 20 patients. Overall, excellent or good outcomes were achieved in 34 patients (81%).
Conclusion The ability to achieve steady, long-term results confirms hepaticojejunostomy as the best procedure in the treatment of benign biliary strictures, even if endoscopic procedures are gaining a new role in the treatment of a greater number of patients.
From the First Department of Surgery (Drs Tocchi, Mazzoni, Liotta, Costa, Lepre, and Miccini) and Surgical Endoscopy Unit, First Department of Surgery (Drs Masi, Lamazza, and Fiori), University of Rome "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy.
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