Long-term results of simple removal of pigment gallstones in childhood.

Twelve patients with gallstones were operated at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Dublin from 1960 to 1973. Seven patients were dealt with by cholecystolithotomy and followed up for periods ranging from 18 months to 13 years. All cases were in good health without any evidence of recurrences of calculi. Three cases 11 to 13 years after cholecystolithotomy showed normally functioning gall bladder on cholecystography.