[The use of cholesorption in the treatment of patients with acute cholecystitis complicated by cholangitis].

The results of treatment of 137 patients with acute cholecystitis complicated by cholangitis are presented. The causes and clinical signs, and tactics for operative treatment of the disease are described. Progressive hepatic failure is one of the causes of lethality. Use of the developed method of cholesorption permitted to reduce the incidence of hepatic failure development, decrease postoperative lethality to 9.5%.