title: [What is the contribution of surgery in cholelithiasis today?].
abstract: 1631 patients with cholelithiasis were operated on between 1984 and 1989 at the St. Clara Hospital in Basel. Mortality and rate of reinterventions were evaluated. 1357 patients had cholecystectomy with a mortality of 0.07%, 217 patients needed an exploration of the common bile duct, which increased the mortality rate to 0.9%. 57 patients had a transduodenal papillotomy, biliodigestive anastomosis or a reoperation without any death. The overall mortality was 0.18%. The mortality for patients over 60 years was 0.4%, there were no deaths for patients under 60 years. The mortality did not increase when there was an acute inflammation of the gallbladder. Reinterventions had to be done in 1.3%. The most common reason for reoperation was a retained common duct stone, which was then removed by endoscopic sphincterotomy (0.86%). Operative injury of the common duct occurred in 0.6% (1 of 1631 patients). Cholecystectomy is still standard treatment of cholelithiasis because of its low mortality and reintervention rate.
authors.affiliation: Allgemeinchirurgische Abteilung, St. Claraspital, Basel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kocher
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Herzog
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Schuppisser
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tondelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Was leistet die Chirurgie der Cholelithiasis heute?