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Objective To study the diagnosis and treatment of ch ildren with congenital choledochal cyst (CCC).Methods From Janu ary 1998 to January 2003, data from 43 cases children with CCC were used for thi s study. Their parameters included sex, age, diagnosis , types of CCC, time of surgery and style of surgery were retrospectively analyzed. Results The incidence of patients whose age under 2 years old was 72 %.The ratio o f gender (male:female) was 1:3. The children were examined by B-ultrasonic(B-u s),computed tomography(CT), and MRCP with the accuracy of 83.7 %, 78.9 % and 80. 0 % respectively.Forty cases underwent biliary reconstruction, cystectomy and Ro ux-en -Y bilioenteric anastomosis. There was no mortality, pre or postoperative compli cation. Conclusion B-us examination is the best method to diag nose the disease.Cystectomy and biliary reconstruction are effect to treat this disease.