What to do if there are stones in the hepatic duct

Hepatic duct stones are a very common disease in daily life. They not only cause great harm to the patient's physical health, but also seriously affect their normal life and work. Therefore, it is particularly important to find a scientific and effective treatment method. It can be treated through minimally invasive surgery. At the same time, you need to understand some of its symptoms so that you can discover and seek medical treatment in time and recover your health as soon as possible.

1. Basic Content

It can exist alone or coexist with extrahepatic bile duct stones. Usually bilirubin stones. Intrahepatic bile duct stones are often accompanied by extrahepatic bile duct stones. Intrahepatic bile duct stones are not only a common disease, but more importantly, the serious complications they cause are an important cause of death from benign biliary diseases.

2. What should I do if there are stones in the hepatic duct?

The EUR-2008 German minimally invasive technology used in the treatment of intrahepatic stones is currently recognized as the best choice for the treatment of intrahepatic bile duct stones. The laparoscopic surgery used has a larger field of view than traditional open surgery. The basic process of the operation is to dissect the structure of the gallbladder triangle, cut and clamp the cystic duct and cystic artery, and then remove the entire gallbladder including the stones. If the gallbladder is too large, it can be moved to the abdominal wall puncture, the gallbladder can be cut open, the bile can be sucked out with an aspirator, or the stones can be clamped out and the gallbladder can be taken out of the body after it collapses.

What are the symptoms of intrahepatic bile duct stones?

Intrahepatic bile duct stones have different clinical manifestations due to different disease processes and causes. Generally speaking, there are the following types:

1. Pain or persistent bloating in the upper abdomen. The pain may not be obvious in some patients, but the fever is particularly obvious and occurs periodically.

2. The patient often experiences excruciating pain in the liver and under the chest, and the pain often spreads to the back and shoulders.

3. Some patients may have symptoms very suddenly, and may experience acute purulent cholangitis, or varying degrees of pain, chills, fever, and jaundice.

4. There is tenderness in the liver area or pain as if something were hitting it, and the liver becomes enlarged.

What are the complications of intrahepatic bile duct stones?

The complications of intrahepatic bile duct stones are generally divided into acute complications and chronic complications. Acute complications mainly refer to infections of the bile duct, such as hepatocholangitis, biliary liver abscess and other complications. Acute complications not only have a particularly high mortality rate, but also have a serious impact on the effectiveness of surgery. Chronic complications generally refer to malnutrition, anemia, chronic cholehepatitis, etc. Chronic complications have less impact on surgical outcomes than acute complications.