choledocholithiasis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Age of 20 years or older (2) Suspected of having choledocholithiasis with epigastralgia/ right hypochondralgia due to unknown origin or serum elevated levels of T-bilirubin, AST, ALT, gamma-GT and ALP (3) Highly suspeted of having choledocholithiasis based on ASGE guideline (4) Performance Status (PS) Grade 0-3 (5) Being able to providing informed consent for participation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Having a biliary stone detected by any of US, CT or MRCP (2) Severe cholangitis (Grade III) based on Tokyo guideline 2013 (3) Bile duct stricture detected by any of US, CT, MRCP (4) Having the past history of endoscopic treatment of choledocholithiasis (5) Intubated with a biliary stent (6) Ampullary tumor (7) Having tumor invation at the major papilla (8) With Billroth II or Roux-en-Y reconstruction after gastrectomy (9) Choledocho-duodenal fistula (10) Consciousness disturbance with Japan Coma Scale (JCS) I-2 or severe (11)(12) Severe cardiopulmonary disease (13) Pregnancy or during breast-feeding (14) Judged inappropriate by a research director
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Diagnostic accuracy of EUS for choledocholithiasis | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology