TY - JOUR T1 - Choledocholithiasis Recurrence Following Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration JO - Cirugía Española (English Edition) T2 - AU - Parra-Membrives,Pablo AU - Martínez-Baena,Darío AU - Lorente-Herce,José Manuel AU - Jiménez-Riera,Granada AU - Sánchez-Gálvez,María Ángeles SN - 21735077 M3 - 10.1016/j.cireng.2019.05.002 DO - 10.1016/j.cireng.2019.05.002 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-cirugia-espanola-english-edition--436-articulo-choledocholithiasis-recurrence-following-laparoscopic-common-S2173507719300961 AB - IntroductionCholedocholithiasis may be treated following an endoscopic approach or by laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE). Stone recurrence following endoscopic management has been extensively investigated. We analyze the risk factors associated with stone recurrence following LCBDE. MethodsPatients who underwent LCBDE from February 2004 to July 2016 were examined in an univariate and multivariate analysis to assess the association of stone recurrence with the following variables: gender; age; hepatopathy; dyslipidemia, obesity or diabetes mellitus; previous abdominal surgery; presence of cholecystitis, cholangitis or pancreatitis; preoperative liver function tests, number of retrieved stones; method of common bile duct clearance and closure; presence of impacted or intrahepatic stones; conversion to open surgery and postoperative morbidity. ResultsA total of 156 patients were included. Recurrence rate for choledocholithiasis was 14.1% with a mean time to recurrence of 38.18 month. Age was the only independent risk factor for stone recurrence at univariate and multivariate analysis. No patient aged under 55 years developed new common bile duct stones, and 86.4% of the recurrences occurred in patients aged above 65. ConclusionsAge is the only independent risk factor associated to choledocholithiasis recurrence following LCBDE. Different mechanism in common bile duct stone development may be present for younger and older patients. ER -