A CASE OF CHOLEDOCHLITHIASIS TREATED WITH CONSERVATIVE ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY—Percutaneous Transhepatic Choledochoscopy (PTCS), Electric Hydraulic Lithotripsy (EHL) and Endoscopic Sphincterotomy (EST) —

Abstract

A 62-year-old female visited our hospital with complaints of jaundice and fever. Laboratory data and ultrasonography suggested obstructive jaundice. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography was performed under the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis. These showed multiple stones in the enlarged common and intrahepatic bile duct. In compliance with the patient's wishes, we used endoscopic therapy (PTCS, EHL and EST) and all stones disappeared. therefore, based on these result, we emphasize the possibility of endoscopic therapy in variable cases of choledocholithiasis.