Intrahepatic bile duct exploration lithotomy is a useful adjunctive hepatectomy method for bilateral primary hepatolithiasis: an eight-year experience at a single centre

Table 3 Outcome of Stone Clearance

Variable	No. of patients
Initial clearance rate ^a	48/56 (85.7%)
Final clearance rate ^b after postoperative ERCP, EST	52/56 (92.9%)
Recurrent stone	7/52 (13.5%)
Recurrence attack of acute cholangitis	6 /55(10.9%)

^aInitial clearance was defined as clearance of stones immediately postoperatively.atus
^bFinal clearance was defined as clearance of stones at discharge
ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, EST endoscopic sphincterotomy

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