Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Endoscopic Sphincterotomy Plus Large-Balloon Dilatation (ESLBD) Versus Conventional Endoscopic Treatment for Removal of Large Common Bile Duct Stones : A Prospective Comparative Multi Center Randomize
Brief Summary:
Bile duct stone extraction is impossible after endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) alone in approximatively 10% of cases (mostly because of stones' size). Adjunction of a mechanical lithotripsy (ML) is well established to improve clearance of common bile duct (CBD) stones. Because of inconstant success, high cost, and length of procedure, an alternative method was proposed in 2003: endoscopic sphincterotomy plus large balloon dilatation (ESLBD). If the safety of ESLBD is accepted in all recent published studies, it remains controversial wether ESLBD is superior to conventional endoscopic treatment associating ES± ML for CBD stones. Procedure treatment and place of ESLBD in CBD stones therapeutic strategy is unclear.
The purpose of this prospective comparative multi center randomized study is to evaluate the superiority or not of ESLBD on conventional treatment (ES±ML) for the treatment of large bile duct stone (≥13mm) after standard ES, and to propose a new CBD stones therapeutic strategy.