Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is more challenging in the anatomical variation of left-sided gallbladder with the anomaly also highly related to biliary anomalies. Therefore, there has been a reluctance to operate close to the common bile duct (CBD) in left gallbladder patients, and thus choledocholithiasis is usually treated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). There is emerging evidence that single stage LC and CBD exploration for choledocholithiasis may be superior to two stage LC and ERCP in terms of short-term and long-term morbidity, cost and length of stay. With the re-emergence of laparoscopic choledochoscopy, the purpose of this case report is to demonstrate the feasibility of this approach for choledocholithiasis.

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