Surgical strategies for Mirizzi syndrome: A ten-year single center experience

Figure 1 Flowchart of surgical strategies for Mirizzi syndrome. ¹If necessary, bile duct exploration and repair and T-tube drainage (BDER + T-tube) should be carried out using different methods according to different situations; ²A part of type III patients need cholangiojejunostomy; ³Cholangiojejunostomy is inevitable in almost all type IV patients. LC: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; OC: Open cholecystectomy; BDER: Bile duct exploration and repair; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; MRCP: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; MS: Mirizzi syndrome.