[Acute cholecystitis in choledocholithiasis and stricture of the ampulla of Vater].

The work is based on the examination of 106 patients, operated in the clinic for acute cholecystitis associated with choledocholithiasis and strictures of Vater's papilla. The operation of choice is a removal of pathologically changed gallbladder, elimination of the cause of cholestasis with restoration of bile passage in the bowel. The technic of choledochoduodenostomy adopted in the clinic is described. The immediate mortality was observed in 2.8%. Choledochoduodenostomy yielded good results in 81.1%, external drainage -- in 70.6%.