Surgical treatment of complications after operations on the biliary tract
Myshkin, K.I.; Bluvshteĭn, G.A.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 138(3): 27-31
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 3617367 Document Number: 294731
Causes of relaparotomies after operations for cholelithiasis are analyzed. The frequency of relaparotomies after cholecystectomies was 2.1%. Technical defects in performing operations were the cause of postoperative complications in 52.4% of the cases. Of 63 patients subjected to relaparotomy 23 patients died (36.5%). Prophylactics of complications after operations on bile ducts should be directed first of all to careful observation of the cholecystectomy technique.