Clinical Study on Observing Common Bile Duct Residual Stones by Saline Injection Through ENBD Under the Guidance of Ultrasound / 中国微创外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the accuracy of observing common bile duct ( CBD ) residual stones by saline injection through endoscopic nasobiliary drainage ( ENBD ) under the guidance of ultrasound after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) and endoscopic stone extraction . Methods From October 2014 to August 2015, 58 patients with CBD stones received ENBD after endoscopic stone extraction .Ultrasound examination was performed on the 1-5 postoperative days .After routine examination by a professional ultrasound doctor , a total of 50-200 ml saline was injected through ENBD slowly at a rate of 100 ml/min.Ultrasonic results, including changes of bile duct diameter and detection rate of CBD residual stones , were compared before and after the injection . Results All the 58 patients were given ENBD cholangiography after endoscopic stone extraction .Among them, CBD residual stones were detected positive in 3 patients and negative in 55 patients by ENBD cholangiography .Among the 55 patients, CBD residual stones were detected in 1 patient by routine ultrasound which was confirmed after injection .Among the other 54 patients who were not detected stones by routine ultrasound , failure of injection occurred in 1 patient due to the damage of ENBD , and 2 patients showed bad tolerance of abdominal pain after injection of 20 ml saline and 3 patients were detected CBD residual stones after injection .While the other 48 patients were negative with CBD residual stones.For the 3 patients who were detected residual stones by cholangiography , routine ultrasound showed negative results but stones were detected after injection .Stone removal was achieved in 5 patients.The Youden index for CBD residual stones by saline injection through ENBD under ultrasound was 0.98, which was higher than cholangiography (0.4) and routine ultrasound (0.2).Among the 57 patients who underwent injection , obvious dilation of the diameter and length of the CBD was observed after injection in 56 patients (P<0.05). Conclusions For patients with ENBD, observing CBD residual stones by saline injection through ENBD under ultrasound has advantages of non-invasion, non-radiation, inexpensive cost , repeatedly checking and dynamic observation .It has a very important reference value in diagnosing CBD stones and proposes a new examination .