Is Choledocho-duodenostomy in cholelithiasis still justifiable?
Börger, G.; Schlösser, H.W.; Pförtner, P.
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 103(3): 138-142
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-409X PMID: 645264 Document Number: 126190
2225 operations for gallstones were performed, from 1961 to 1972 and ended 397 times with choledocho-duodenostomy, 249 times with T-drainage and 84 times with sphincteroplasty. Only risky patients underwent an anastomosis. The mortality rate in all 3 procedures came up to 2.3 to 2.4%. Choledocho-duodenostomy proved to be a useful method especially in old aged people and patients with a high operative risk.