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Choledocholithiasis: Diagnosis and management
Despite an abundance of skilled gastroenterologists, the modern day general surgeon still needs to be comfortable operating for common bile duct stones. That's why we talked to Dr. Jeff Ponsky about the keys to diagnosis and management of choledocholithiasis with special guest Rae Hanke.
Sections
- Introduction (00:00)
- Workup for gallbladder disease (01:00)
- Severe presentation (01:45)
- Intraoperative decision making (03:00)
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and cholangiogram (03:36)
- Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (04:50)
- When to convert to open (06:49)
- Impaction at the papilla (08:24)
- Summary and outro (10:49)
