Korean J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg.  2000 Feb;4(1):37-42.

Surgical management of intrahepatic calculi

• Chai SW
• Kim JR
• Kim JY
• Song IS
• Bae JS

Abstract

The intrahepatic calculi are prevalent in east Asia and are regarded as malignant disease because diagnosis and treatment are difficult and complication and mortality are high. This study is a retrospective clinical review of 58 cases of patient with intrahepatic calculi in the Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital from July 1994 through June 1999. The incidence of intrahepatic calculi was 8.8% of total hepatobiliary calculi. The ratio of male to female was 1:2.4. The peak incidence was noted at the 6th decade (32.7%) and mean age was 52.1 years. About the site of stones, left intrahepatic duct (48.3%)was more prevalent than right intrahepatic duct (17.2%). 42 cases(72%) of the intrahepatic calculi were associated with GB stone(8%), CBD stone(45%) or both(19%). As to surgical method, choledochotomy with T-tube drainage was performed in 34 cases(59%), choledochoduodenostomy was in 3 cases(5%) and hepatic resection in 21 cases(36%). Among them choledochotomy with T-tube drainage was the most frequently performed procedure. The remnant stones are most commonly founded after choledochotomy and T-tube drainage (80%) followed after choledochoduodenostomy(33%) and after hepatic resection(24%). But, major postoperative complications such as bile leakage and intra-abdominal abscess are more frequent in casea of hepatic resection. So we suggest that agressive treatment modality such as hepatic resection is more reasonable than drainage procedure in the management of intrahepatic duct stone by the experienced expert.

Keyword

Intrahepatic calculi

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Abscess
Bile
Calculi*
Choledochostomy
Chungcheongnam-do
Diagnosis
Drainage
Far East
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Mortality
Postoperative Complications
Retrospective Studies