Abstract:Objective:To evaluate retrospectively the methods and outcomes of surgical treatment of patients with intrahepatic cholelithiasis and biliary stricture. Methods:The data of the surgical therapy of 165 cases of cholelithiasis and biliary stricture admitted between January 1995 and January 2003 were analyzed. Group A included 85 cases managed by various types of hepatectomy or hepatic segmental resection(HSR). In group A, 40 patients underwent simultaneous cholangiojejunostomy, in 10 patients the dilated bile duct on resected surface of liver and bile duct of hepatic hilum were separately anastomosed to the jejunum by double stoma anostomosis, T-tube drainage was done in 21 cases and U-tube drainage in 14 cases. Group B patients(n=80) were treated by operation without HSR, included 23 cases with choledochotomy and stone removal plus T-tube drainage, 15 cases with choledochotomy and stone removal plus U-tube drainage, 42 cases with choledochotomy and stone removal plus biliary-enteric anastomosis; in group B, plastic operation of the hepatic duct stricture was proforemed in 46 cases. Results:In Group A, no operative death occurred. The cases were followed up after operation from 2 to 7 years, and showed residual calculus rate was 4.71%, and symptoms recurrence rate 3.53%. No patient was operated again. In Group B, no operative death occurred. The cases were followed up from 2 to 7 years after operation, and residual stones were found in 12 cases, a residual calculus rate of 15.00%. After operation, 10 cases complained of upper abdominal pain and fever, with a symptoms recurrence rate of 12.5%. The residual stones of 5 cases were removed by fiber biliary endoscopy, while 3 cases of the other 6 cases received hepatectomy. Conclusions:The combined hepatic resection and other operation is an ideal and effective surgical method to treat hepatolithiasis.