OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE

This prospective study includes 107 cases admitted to Surgical A unit of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar. All the information, admission till discharge, was recorded on a proforma. There were 44 male and 63 female patients. In males, the causes of obstructive jaundice included slightly higher number of malignancies than stone in females, the more common cause was the presence of gall stones. Overall, the commoner cause was gall stones. Majority of these cases with common bile duct stones could have been treated with a laparoscope or an endoscope, were these modalities available. The common operative procedures adopted were choledochoduodenostomy or choledocholithotomy, followed by T-Tube Drainage.