Conventional Versus Rendezvous Technique of Intraoperative Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Mansoura University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Common Bile Duct Gallstones

Treatments: Procedure: endoscopic sphincterotomy by rendezvous method; Procedure: endoscopic sphincterotomy by conventional method

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01190332

7918

Details and patient eligibility

About

One of the new methods for management of common bile duct stones is intraoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy. It can be performed by many techniques. In the study the investigators compare two methods to find out the best technique for intraoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy.

Enrollment: 98 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with MRCP evidence of common bile duct stones

Exclusion criteria

• cholangitis pancreatitis ASA GRADE III, IV Unfit for laparoscopy unfit for ERCP

Trial design

98 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

conventional technique of ERCP

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: endoscopic sphincterotomy by conventional method

Rendezvous technique

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: endoscopic sphincterotomy by rendezvous method