Interventional radiology in rendezvous technique for choledocholitiasis in elderly patients

Aim. Define the safety and effectiveness of rendezvous technique for choledocholithiasis.

Material and methods. We performed a retrospective and prospective analysis of the results in percutaneous transhepatic access to the bile ducts and endoscopic intervention in the rendezvous technique for choledocholithiasis in 100 elderly patients. The patients were divided into 2 groups for 50 people. The implementation of the rendezvous began from the antegrade stage in patients from group I; in patients of group II – from the retrograde stage. Postmanipulation complications and failures were When analyzed. The control point of the study is the identification of complications associated with manipulation from the next stages of the rendezvous technique.

Results. We revealed a direct dependence of the results in sequence of rendezvous technique for elderly patients with choledocholithiasis and obstructive jaundice. This fact allows recommending percutaneous transhepatic access before endoscopic intervention for these patients with statistical significance. The frequency of complications and failures in patients of group I was 18%, in group II – 52%. This allows for such patients percutaneous transhepatic access before endoscopic intervention in the rendezvous technique. The frequency of complications and failures in patients of group I was 18%, in group II – 52%.

Conclusion. Dilatation of intrahepatic segmental and subsegmental 2 and 3 biliary ducts with moderate and severe obstructive jaundice is a predictor of complications with ineffective endoscopic approach. In such situations, preventive antegrade drainage of the biliary tract with rendezvous technique makes possible to prevent cholangitis, effectively eliminate biliary hypertension, clarify the severity of stenosis of the papilla with antegrade balloon revision, and also secure delayed endoscopic resolution of biliary pathology.

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