title: [Meta-analysis on curative effects of surgical procedures for intrahepatic bile duct lithiasis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare curative effects of various surgical procedures of bile duct stones.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two thousand nine hundred and fifty-five patients with intrahepatic bile duct lithiasis who had undergone various surgical procedures were analysed with Meta-analysis. Some of these cases were reported in Chinese Medical Journals from January 1990 to March 2001 and others were from Tongji Hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant difference between curative effects of non-hepatectomy and that of hepatectomy (chi(2) = 62.945, P < 0.01), and the outcomes of hepatectomy were much better than those of non-hepatectomy with OR(S) equalled to 0.303 (0.222 - 0.413). There was not a significant difference between curative effect of interposed jejunum and that of hepatectomy (95% CI of RR from 0.98 to 1.04). All the other operation, effects were worse than hepatectomy (upper limit of 95% CI of RR < 1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hepatectomy is the most ideal surgery for intrahepatic bile duct stones and operation methods should be diversified since good effect could also be obtained when other operations are performed on suitable cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. sq_zou@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Sheng-quan
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Ren-yi
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Ji-lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Jia-qin
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Xiu-fu
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Fa-zu
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D002768:Choledochostomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome