Five thousands five hundreds and eighty two patients with cholelithasis in 46 hospitals were collected through questionnaire and analysed, of which 2 735 cases were gallstones (accounted for 48.99%),and 2 847 cases were intraand extrahepatobiliary tract stones (accounted for 51.00%). In the gallstone group, there were 487 cases (8.72%) complicated with choledocholithasis, 54 cases (1.97%) complicated with acute cholecystitis, 189 cases (6.91%) with acute cholangitis, and 215 cases (7.86%) with obstructive jaundice. In 2 847 cases with intra and extrahepatobiliary tract stones, 1 284 cases were found to be extrahepatic duct stones (23.00%), 668 cases were left intrahepatic duct stones (1.97%), 384 cases were right intrahepatic duct stones (6.88%), and 511 cases stone in both sides (9.15%); complications in this group were acute severe cholangitis 683 cases (23.99%), acute cholangitis 1 169 cases (41.06%), obstructive jaundice 431 cases (15.14%), and biliary cirrbosis 278 cases (9.76%). The operative procedure for patients with gallstones were cholecystectomy (2 697 cases), chelangioduodenostomy or cholangiojejunostomy (36 cases), and Oddi’s sphincteroplasty (7 cases); and for patients with intraand extrahepatobiliary tract stones were choledocholithotomy and T tubule drainage (2 275 cases), differecnt forms of choledochoenterostomy (534 cases), and Oddi’s sphincteroplasty (38 cases). The postoperative complicatioin rate in patients with gallstones was 1.13%, with intraand extrahepatobiiary tract stones was 14.47%, mortality of the latter was 1.62%. The authors consider that cholecystectomy should be performed in elderly patients (over 50 years) with or without symptoms, and proper choice of operative procedure for hepatobiliary tract stones is important.

Citation： Li Yinglai,Cui Xinzhong,Li Nin,et al.. ANALYSIS OF 5 582 CASES ON CHOLELITHASIS. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 1998, 5(4): 228-230. doi: Copy

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