Gallstone Organ-Sparing Percutaneous Extraction Shows 91% Single-Session Success

In a single-center study of 66 patients with biliary colic, single-session complete gallstone removal via percutaneous cholangioscopy (GO-SCOPE) was technically successful in 90.9%. At 3 months, 98.3% reported symptom improvement. A non-surgical alternative for those eligible fo…

• Retrospective, single-center; 66 patients (mean age 46 years) with symptomatic biliary colic who declined cholecystectomy.
• Single-session technical success was 90.9% (60/66); 2 of 60 patients (3.3%) had asymptomatic subcentimeter residual stones at 3-month imaging.
• Four adverse events occurred (one moderate, three severe) per SIR classification; external validation is lacking.

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