COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SURGICAL METHODS OF CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS TREATMENT

Choledocholithiasis is frequent in patients with gallstone disease. The purpose of this research is to analyze and compare surgical methods of choledocholithiasis treatment. The account was taken of the complications in the postoperative period, case fatality rate and the average length of stay in hospital. The analysis was performed on the basis of archival data obtained from 462 case histories of patients with choledocholithiasis which underwent surgery by different methods. As a result, we revealed the most appropriate method which involves the lowest rate of complications and fatal cases and the shortest length of stay.