THE TREATMENT OF CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS AND OF ITS COMPLICATIONS
The article depicts the surgical treatment of 89 patients suffering from obstructive jaundice that originated from cholelithiasis. 79 patients had concretions in the common bile duct, 24 had stenosis or stricture of the terminal part of choledochus. Cholecystectomу was the only treatment in 23 cases, while 10 patients had to have both cholecystectomy and choledocholithotomy. Cholecystectomy and choledo-cholithotomy were supplemented with transduodenal papillosphincterotomy in 7 cases of obstructive jaundice. A transduodenal papil-osphincterotomy was needed after the cholecystectomy in 26 cases. 19 patients had operations due to the postcholecystectomic syndrome.