[Operative trauma of the common bile duct. Report of eight cases (author's transl)]

The authors report eight cases of operative trauma to the common bile duct; seven patients were sent up for reoperation often during the late stages following an attempt at immediate or secondary repair. Emphasis was placed on the interest of extensive resection of the stenosis and wide and high opening of the common bile duct for construction of the bilio-jejunal anastomosis, and furthermore the late risk of onset of portal hypertension requiring portacaval anastomosis, finally the possible degradation of the good initial results requiring difficult reoperations.