To discuss necessity of cholecystectomy for patients with stones in their bile ducts and gallbladders in the absence of absolute operation indications of cholecystectomy after clearance of bile duct stones with ERCP.
Cholecystectomy was recommended for patients with stones in their bile ducts and gallbladders in European and American countries after clearance of bile duct stones with ERCP, which reduced the incidence of biliary events. However, some researches showed that the incidence of biliary events was not reduced but increased.The purpose of this study is to discuss the necessity of cholecystectomy for patients with stones in their bile ducts and gallbladders in the absence of absolute operation indications of cholecystectomy after clearance of bile duct stones with ERCP.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
128
Gallbladders will be remained after clearance of bile duct stones with ERCP and conventional therapy, such as fluid replacement and prophylactic anti infection, will be accepted.
Cholecystectomy will be done right now after clearance of bile duct stones with ERCP, and then conventional therapy will be accepted.
Hangzhou First People's Hospital
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
biliary events
The incidence of biliary events will be compared in the two groups.
Time frame: 12 months
adverse events
Number of participants with adverse events: type, frequency and intensity of adverse events.
Time frame: 12 months
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