Objective: The aim: Assessment of the effectiveness of using minimally invasive and open methods of bile duct decompression for treatment of obstructive jaundice (OJ) by comparing complications in patients of di!erent age groups.
Patients and methods: Materials and methods: We analyzed the results of surgical treatment of 250 patients with OJ. The patients were assigned to two groups: Group I (n = 100) consisting of young and middle-age patients, and Group II (n = 150) consisting of elderly, senile and long-living patients. The average age was 52 ± 6.0 years.
Results: Results: 62 (24.8%) Group I patients and 74 (29.6%) Group II patients were submitted to minimally invasive surgical interventions. 38 (15.2%) Group I patients and 76 (30.4%) Group II patients were submitted to open surgical interventions. Complications after minimally invasive surgery (n = 62) in Group I patients were observed in 2 (3.2%) cases, and in 4 (10.5%) cases after open surgeries (n = 38). Complications following minimally invasive interventions (n = 74) in Group II patients were registered in 5 (6.8%) cases, and in 9 (11.8%) cases following open operations (n = 76). 2 (2.6%) Group II patients died for transmural myocardial infarction.
Conclusion: Conclusions: The use of minimally invasive surgical interventions for treatment of young and middle-aged OJ patients compared to patients of older age groups makes it possible to reduce the frequency of complications by 2.1 times, which is a statistically signi"cant (p <0.05). The frequency of complications after open surgical interventions of bile ducts in patients of di!erent age groups is not statistically signi"cant (p >0.05).
Keywords: external drainage of biliary ducts; biliodigestive anastomoses; endoscopic transpapillary interventions; laparoscopic lithoextraction.