Thirty-six partial hepatectomies for patients with symptomatic intrahepatic stones is reported.Partial liver resection should be done when the liver containing strictrue(s),dilated ducts and stones.Meanwhile,additional procedures should be performed togather with partial hepatectomy,i,e,common duct exploration and drainage,cholangiotomy and cholangioplanty,and cholangeoenterostomy,according to the location of stones and ductal strictures.Postoperative long-term follow-up in this series showed that the results of 86.2% of patients were satiffactory.Partial hepatectomy can be considered as a better treatment of choice for the stones confined to one segment or lobe of liver or combined with multiple strictures of ducts.