Körner T
Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Klinikum Suhl.
Zentralbl Chir. 1998;123 Suppl 2:65-9.
Not only for systematical reasons a differentiation of gallstones disease between cholecystolithiasis and choledocholithiasis is sensible. Although the two diseases are basically caused by gallstones, they generally differ in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. While the cholecystolithiasis is the domain of visceral surgeons and today almost exclusively and definitively cured by microinvasive cholecystectomy, for the treatment of choledocholithias there are required the endoscopic procedures of physicians.
出于系统原因，将胆结石疾病区分为胆囊结石和胆总管结石是合理的。尽管这两种疾病基本上都是由胆结石引起的，但它们在诊断和治疗策略上通常有所不同。胆囊结石属于普通外科医生的治疗范畴，如今几乎完全通过微创胆囊切除术得到明确治愈，而对于胆总管结石的治疗，则需要内科医生进行内镜手术。
