About this trial
The aim of this retrospective, register-based study is to investigate whether access, or no access, to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) at a surgical unit is associated with the risk of complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy with common bile duct stones detected on intraoperative cholangiography.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
≥18 years old
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy with common bile duct stones (CBDS) detected on intraoperative cholangiography (IOC)
Procedure registered in the Swedish Registry for Gallstone Surgery and ERCP (GallRiks) 2015-2025
Disqualifiers
Open surgery
Conversion to open surgery
Transgastric ERCP
Trial population
Patients, ≥18 years old, undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy with common bile duct stones detected on intraoperative cholangiography in Sweden 2015-2025 and registered in GallRiks.
Trial design
Cohort
Other
Treatments tested in this trial
Exposed group
Other interventionThe exposed group consists of patients undergoing laparoscopic and diagnosed with CBDS during cholecystectomy at a unit where ERCP is not available.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Complications
Overall complications from both the cholecystectomy and the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Secondary outcomes
Length of hospital stay
Length of hospital stay for cholecystecomy plus ERCP
Time from cholecystectomy to first treatment of common bile duct stones
Time from cholecystectomy to first treatment of common bile duct stones (days)
Unplanned ERCP after surgery due to CBDS
Unplanned ERCP after treatment of CBDS
Unplanned readmission
Unplanned readmission (yes or no)
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