Choledocholithiasis as a cause of obstructive jaundice after pancreatoduodenal resection

Abstract

Obstructive jaundice is one of the main symptoms of diseases of hepatobiopancreatoduodenal region organs and occurs in 12.0-45.2% of cases. The article describes a clinical case of successful treatment of a patient with choledocholithiasis that occurred three years after gastropancreatoduodenal resection performed for pancreatic head cancer. Patients often die before they develop long-term postoperative complications, among which we can distinguish cicatricial strictures of biliodigestive anastomosis, which occur in 0.8% of cases, and the development of obstructive jaundice, which is primarily characteristic of the progression of the underlying disease or relapse. While analyzing the literature, we didnt find any statistically significant data regarding the incidence of gallstone disease (cholelithiasis) as a cause of obstructive jaundice in the patients after pancreatoduodenal resection. Thus, the clinical case presented below is of particular interest.