Clinical epidemiological study on intrahepatic cholelithiasis: analysis of 8585 cases.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical epidemiology of intrahepatic cholelithiasis in Guangxi area, China.


METHODS
8585 cases of cholelithiasis proved by surgery in a period of 19 years were analyzed retrospectively. Data were collected and analyzed by computer software package PEMS.


RESULTS
Cases of intrahepatic cholelithiasis accounted for more than one third of cases of cholelithiasis treated in the same period. The prevalence of intrahepatic cholelithiasis in farmers increased from 23.4% out of all cases with gallstone in 1981-1985 to 55.8% in 1991-1999. The constituent ratio of intrahepatic cholelithiasis in males was nearly the same in females. The peak prevalence age of patients with intrahepatic cholelithiasis ranged from 31 to 40 years, and the mortality was the highest among all bile stone cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Intrahepatic cholelithiasis is by no means a vanishing disease, especially in rural area.
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China. xigang66@yahoo.com.cn
Xi-Gang
XG
Chen
Jia-Qi
JQ
Liu
Min-Hao
MH
Peng
Wen-Guang
WG
Wang
Ding-Hua
DH
Yang
De-Hong
DH
Hu
Da-Yun
DY
Liu
Jian-Nin
JN
Deng
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution