Intraoperative cholangiography: past, present, and future
- 23 March 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Surgical Endoscopy
- Vol. 20 (S2), S436-S440
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-006-0053-0
Abstract
The extrahepatic biliary tree was first visualized in 1918 when Reich injected bismuth and petrolatum and defined a biliary fistula, thus opening the field for further studies of the biliary tree. Mirizzi recorded the first series of intraoperative cholangiography in 1932 using static films. Later, the mobile C-arm image intensifier using a TV monitor was reported in a series by Berci and colleagues in 1978. They emphasized the importance of using routine cholangiography in all laparoscopic cholecystectomies. This procedure can be performed through the cystic duct or through the gallbladder with excellent visualization of the anatomy of the extrahepatic biliary tree, including the potential of finding bile duct stones, stricture, and tumor, as well as defining the function and anatomy of Oddi’s sphincter. Numerous benefits of this technique can be observed, including early definition of a bile duct leak or injury. X-ray resolution will continue to improve as well as three-dimensional imaging, and intraoperative magnetic imaging cholangiopancreatography may be developed as the future intraoperative cholangiogram.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
- A Prospective Study of Common Bile Duct Calculi in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic CholecystectomyAnnals of Surgery, 2004
- Common Bile Duct Injury During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and the Use of Intraoperative CholangiographyArchives of Surgery, 2001
- Operative fluoroscopy and cholangiography: The use of modern radiologic technics during surgeryThe American Journal of Surgery, 1978
- Operative Cholangiography During Routine CholecystectomyArchives of Surgery, 1972
- The value of operative cholangiography using an image intensifier and a television monitorBritish Journal of Surgery, 1968
- Television fluoroscopy for operative cholangiography an analysis of 150 casesClinical Radiology, 1968
- VISUALIZATION OF TUB GALLBLADDER AND BILE DUCTS DURING AND AFTER OPERATIONAnnals of Surgery, 1936
- LIPIODOL STUDIES OF POST-OPERATIVE BILIARY FISTULEAnnals of Surgery, 1930
- INJECTION OF THE BILE DUCTS WITH BISMUTH PASTEJournal of the American Medical Association, 1922
- ACCIDENTAL INJECTION OF BILE DUCTS WITH PETROLATUM AND BISMUTH PASTEPublished by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1918