Cystic dilation of extrahepatic bile ducts in adulthood: diagnosis, surgical treatment and long-term results

HPB Surg. 1998;10(6):379-84; discussion 384-5. doi: 10.1155/1998/90178.

Abstract

To evaluate the long-term results of surgery for choledohal cyst in adulthood, a series of 13 patients over the age of 16 operated on for choledochal cyst during a period of six years and followed-up for a minimum of 3 years was analyzed. Patients with type I and IVa cysts underwent extrahepatic cyst resection and Roux-en-Y hepatico-jejunostomy. Choledochoceles (type III) were managed endoscopically. No operative mortality or morbidity occurred. Type I and III cysts showed almost ideal follow-up with no sign of stricture on HIDA scan. One type IVa cyst patients developed recurrent cholangitis due to anastomotic stricture, managed percutaneously. Whenever possible, complete cyst resection and Roux-en-Y reconstruction is the treatment of choice for all extrahepatic biliary cysts. Intra- and extrahepatic dilatations are adequately treated by extrahepatic resection and careful endoscopic or radiologic surveillance. Small choledochoceles can be safely managed by endoscopic sphincterotomy.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y
  • Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic / pathology
  • Cholangitis / etiology
  • Choledochal Cyst / classification
  • Choledochal Cyst / diagnosis*
  • Choledochal Cyst / surgery*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatitis / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome