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Transduodenal Sphincteroplasty

  • Perform an extensive Kocher maneuver.
  • Make a transverse or longitudinal duodenotomy on the lateral duodenal wall at the junction of the lower one-third and upper two-thirds of the duodenum.
  • Identify the papilla.
  • Cut the ampullary sphincter in the 11 o'clock position on the papilla using cautery or scissors. Extend this to include the entire common tract of the sphincter of Oddi.
  • Extract all stones.
  • Suture the wall of the CBD to the duodenal mucosa using interrupted fine absorbable sutures.
  • Close the lateral duodenotomy.

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