Surgery of the Biliary Tract

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Abstract
SURGERY for chronic cholecystitis and cholelithiasis has become safer for the patient in recent years chiefly because of a better understanding of blood, fluid and electrolyte replacement, the use of antibiotics and improvements in anesthesia. In spite of these advances, definite risks remain, and continuing efforts must be made to reduce them to a minimum. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the experience with cholecystectomy and choledochostomy for chronic cholecystitis at the Massachusetts General Hospital for the eleven-year period 1943–1953, with particular reference to mortality and complications. It was hoped that a critical study of these factors would . . .

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