[Recurrent lithiasis of the efferent bile ducts in patients with a diverticulum in Vater's papilla]

The problem of residual choledocholithiasis is a subject discussed for decades by surgeons and gastroenterologists. In particular at present when patients with cholecystolithiasis are operated mainly by the laparoscopic route, this questions is again a frequently discussed topic. The submitted paper evaluates the incidence of choledocholithiasis in a group of 403 patients. From the investigation ensues among others that the presence of diverticula in the area of the ampulla of Vater is associated with a higher incidence of choledocholithiasis.