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Biliary drainage tube evaluation after common bile duct exploration for choledocholithiasis.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: We studied the postoperative evaluation of transcystic duct tube drainage (C-tube), T-tube drainage (T-tube), and retrograde transhepatic biliary drainage after common bile duct exploration for patients with choledocholithiasis.

METHODOLOGY: We analyzed the preoperative clinical features of patients, intraoperative findings, postoperative status and management, daily output of bile, liver function, postoperative infections, and postoperative complications for patients who underwent common bile duct exploration including 16 C-tube, 17 T-tube, and 8 retrograde transhepatic biliary drainage cases.

RESULTS: There were no significant differences in the preoperative clinical features, intraoperative findings, or the daily output of bile from the tube. The removal day of the biliary drainage tube and postoperative hospital stay were shorter in the C-tube group than in the T-tube and retrograde transhepatic biliary drainage groups. Aspartate amino-transferase level and body temperature in the C-tube group on day 7 were lower than those in the T-tube group, and the total bilirubin level in the C-tube group on day 14 was lower than in the T-tube and retrograde transhepatic biliary drainage groups. Moreover, postoperative complications occurred significantly less frequently in the C-tube group (25.0%) than in the T-tube group (76.5%).

CONCLUSIONS: C-tube drainage is thought to be most useful after common bile duct exploration for patients with choledocholithiasis.

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