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Laparoscopic Extraction of Ascaris lumbricoides From the Biliary Tract in Pediatric Patients
Juan Pablo Murillo-Ortiz
Adv Pediatr Surg 2025;31(2):77-80.   Published online August 8, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13029/aps.2025.31.2.77
Hepatobiliary ascariasis (HA) is a rare condition associated with significant morbidity. Laparoscopic extraction of Ascaris lumbricoides from the biliary tract is a safe approach in patients who do not improve with antihelminthic treatment and when retrograde endoscopic cholangiography is not feasible or when not all nematodes can be removed using this method. Here I present the technique used in two pediatric patients with HA.
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