Surgical Management of Recurrence of Primary Intrahepatic Bile Duct Stones

Table 2

Methods of reoperation in patients with different stone distributions.

	Surgical methodsA	Surgical methodsB	Total
Limited distribution	39 (51.32%)	37 (48.68%)	76
Diffuse stone	40 (55.56%)	32 (44.44%)	72
Total	79 (53.38%)	69 (46.62%)	148

Surgical methods A: bile duct exploration, extrahepatic bile duct resection, partial hepatectomy, hilar ductoplasty, and Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy. Surgical methods B: Bile duct exploration, extrahepatic bile duct resection, hilar ductoplasty, and Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy.