[Minimally invasive technologies in the surgical treatment of patients with mechanical jaundice and suppurative cholangitis].

Minimally invasive technologies were used in treatment of 89 patients with cholelithiasis complicated by mechanical jaundice and purulent cholangitis. Advantages of the two-stage operative treatment of such patients were shown. The first stage is decompression of the bile duct, the second stage is a radical operation either by laparoscopic or minilaparotomic methods. It allows to avoid extensive and traumatic operations and secures better immediate and long-term results of treatment.