A Common Bile Duct Stone formed by Suture Material after Open Cholecystectomy
Kook-Hyun Kim, Byung-Ik Jang, Tae-Nyeun Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(4):279-282. Published online December 20, 2007
The use of non-absorbable suture materials for cystic duct ligation after cholecystectomy can expose patients to the risk of recurrent stone formation in the common bile duct (CBD). However, in Korea suture materials have rarely been found to act as a nidus for common bile duct calculus formation..
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