[Surgical treatment of choledocholithiasis complicated by obstructive jaundice]

Cholecystectomy was conducted in 820 patients. In 115 (14,0%) of them it was combined with interventions performed on extrahepatic biliary ducts for choledocholithiasis and obstructive jaundice. Patients aged from 20 to 90 years. There were 30 men and 85 women. Choledocholithotomy with subsequent inspection of the common biliary duct (CBD) distal portion was considered as the operation of choice. Operation was concluded with external drainage of CBD, choledochoduodenal anastomosis formation and transduodenal papillosphincterotomy conduction. Of the patients operated on 6 (5,2%) have died.