[Method of treatment of patients with calculous cholecystitis complicated with mechanical jaundice]

Data on the treatment of 228 patients with calculous cholecystitis complicated by obstructive jaundice are reported. Two-stage treatment was applied. In the first stage endoscopic and roentgenoendobiliary therapeutic interventions were undertaken to relieve jaundice and remove its causes. In the second stage a planned surgical operation was conducted after elimination of biliary hypertension, which consisted in cholecystectomy in the majority of patients. Such therapeutic tactics reduced mortality by half.