Objective To investigate a rational treatment for severe gallstone pancreatitis(SGP) and evaluate therapeutic effect.Methods A retrospective study was made on the clinical data of 97 cases with SGP.(Results) Among 97 SGP patients,54 cases were in severe grade I, 43 cases were Grade II;77(79.4%) cases were cured and 20(20.6%)died.The morbidity rates of endoscopic therapy(EST),delayed surgery and early surgery were 24.1%,25.0% and 65.5% respecticely,while the mortality rates in the 3 groups were 10.3%,13.9% and 37.5% respectively.The morbidity and morality rates in the first 2 groups were significanty lower than the early surgery group(P