Objective To evaluate the efficacy of fibercholedochoscopy for the removal of residual stones after a surgical choledochostomy. Methods Two hundred and twenty cases of cholelithiasis underwent fibercholedochoscopy through a surgically formed T tube fistulae for residual stones from Sept. 1993 to Feb. 2002. Results A total of 572 times of fibercholedochoscopy was performed with residual stones totally evacuated in 201 cases (91.4%). Complications developed in 84 cases with no mortality. Conclusion Postoperative fibercholedochoscopy through a T tube fistulae is less traumatic and effective remedy for postoperatively retained common bile duct stones.