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The aim of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic transcystic common bile duct exploration (LTCBDE) and laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Relevant literature published before March 30, 2023 in PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane was searched to screen studies comparing LTCBDE and LCBDE. RevMan 5.4 was used for meta-analysis of fixed-effects and random-effects models.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 21 studies met the inclusion criteria, including 3065 patients in the LTCBDE group and 2,453 patients in the LCBDE group. CBDS clearance was 95.4% (2,682\/2,812) in LTCBDE group and 94.7% (1,810\/1,911) in LCBDE group (OR: 1.84, 95% CI: 1.36, 2.48, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.0001; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.56). In LTCBDE group, operative time(MD\u2009=\u2009\u221234.60, 95% CI: \u221246.05, \u221223, 15, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.00001 <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200996%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.00001), postoperative hospital stay (MD\u2009=\u2009\u22122.92, 95% CI: \u22123.62, \u22122.21, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.00001; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200992%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.00001), postoperative complications (OR: 0.47, 95% CI: 0.38, 0.58, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.0001; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200926%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.15), residual stone(OR: 0.48, 95% CI: 0.34, 0.66, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.0001; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.56), bile leak (OR: 0.37, 95% CI: 0.25, 0.55, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.00001; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.52), mortality (OR: 0.10, 95% CI: 0.01, 0.88, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.04; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.71) and recurrent stones(OR: 0.34, 95% CI: 0.15, 0.74, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.007; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20095%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.38) were better than LCBDE group. There was no difference in pancreatitis (OR: 1.06, 95% CI: 0.52, 2.16. <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.86; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.98) and biliary stricture(OR: 0.30, 95% CI: 0.08, 1.09, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.07; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.57).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>LTCBDE is safe, efficient, and of great clinical significance, and is worth promoting to some patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fsurg.2024.1412334","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,8]],"date-time":"2025-01-08T06:24:01Z","timestamp":1736317441000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Comparison of the efficacy of LTCBDE and LCBDE for common bile duct stones: a systematic review and meta-analysis"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Bin","family":"Zheng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yixin","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erqi","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ziyu","family":"Bai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kaiqian","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jian","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"4893","DOI":"10.1007\/s00464-018-6248-3","article-title":"Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in patients with previous upper abdominal surgery","volume":"32","author":"Zhu","year":"2018","journal-title":"Surg Endosc"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e24104","DOI":"10.1097\/MD.0000000000024104","article-title":"Medium and long-term complications difference between laparoscopic transcystic common bile duct exploration versus endoscopic sphincterotomy against choledocholithiasis","volume":"100","author":"Liu","year":"2021","journal-title":"Medicine (Baltimore)"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"54","DOI":"10.1097\/SLA.0b013e318268314b","article-title":"Is the end of the T-tube drainage era in laparoscopic choledochotomy for common bile duct stones is coming? 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