Placement of a plastic biliary stent tube with primary closure of the common bile duct after laparoscopic common bile duct exploration.

Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) is one of the standard surgical procedures for treating choledocholithiasis. Several methods of biliary drainage following LCBDE have been advocated to prevent bile leakage. We report herein a surgical procedure using a plastic biliary stent tube following LCBDE for biliary drainage. Our method is technically simple, feasible and an ideal procedure for biliary drainage with LCBDE.