Comparison of Endoscopy First and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy First Strategies for Patients With Gallstone Disease and Intermediate Risk of Choledocholithiasis: Protocol for a Clinical Randomized Controlled Trial

Ausra Aleknaite   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Gintaras Simutis   ^{1, 3} , MD, PhD ;   Juozas Stanaitis   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Tomas Jucaitis   ² , MD ;   Mantas Drungilas   ³ , MD ;   Jonas Valantinas   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Kestutis Strupas   ^{1, 3} , MD, PhD

¹ Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology and Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

² Center of Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Dietetics, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania

³ Center of Abdominal Surgery, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania