Internal Biliary Stenting at ERCP before Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Many patients with gallstones neglect or ignore their symptoms by taking painkillers.

Many patients seek treatment from Primary Care Physicians who also prescribe painkillers to control the symptoms.

Patients with symptomatic gallstones should undergo a definitive surgical procedure called Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

One of the delayed complications of untreated symptomatic gallstones is a Secondary Bile Duct Stones...ie.Stones in the Biliary Tree which originate from the gallbladder

Patients with Bile duct stones should undergo Endoscopic Retrograde CholangioPancreatography (ERCP) to clear the bile duct from stones.During ERCP,quite often an Internal Biliary Stent(pic.) is inserted to prevent further secondary ductal stone before the definitive Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy is undertaken at a planned date in the near future.