Taimur Ali, Muhammad Saddique Zishan, Haroon Ansari.
CBD Exploration with or without T Tube.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(2):334-8.

Aim: To compare the mean hospital stay in patients of choledocholithiasis with and without T-tube for common bile duct exploration. Method: We conducted a randomized controlled trial from February 2014 to February 2016. Results : In our study the mean age of the patients was 50.29 years, 65% patients were females and female to male ratio was 1.85:1, mean hospital stay in group A was 3.16 days and in group B was 11.88 days. Conclusion : This study has demonstrated that patients of CBD exploration for choledocholithiasis without T tube has shorter hospital stay than patients with T tube.

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