Abstract:The medical records of 277 consecutive patients who underwent cholecystectomy for benign gall stone
disease, were reviewed to determine the incidence and cause of biliary tract obstructuion.
Obstructive jaundice (icteric obstructive biliopathy) was present in 38 cases. This was due to
choledocholithiasis in 22, Mirizzi's Syndrome in two, biliobiliary fistula in eight and biliary stricture in five
patients. Preoperative direct cholangiography (ERCP/PIC) was helpful.
Anicteric patients were classified on the bas… Show more
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