The flushing treatment of residual CBD stones. (RS)

Flushing of the common bile duct trough a T-tube with a normal saline solution is a simple, effective method for the treatment of the retained common bile duct stones; those which were overlooked at the initial exploration, and were diagnosed in the immediate postoperative period, by a T-tube cholangiogram; here we are describing three cases successfully treated in our department, by this method. This encouraging results enable us to recommend the initial use of this technique for all cases of retained common bile duct stones before restoring to more difficult prolonged techniques; and should this technique failed to remove the retained stones, the surgeon would still have all other alternatives to choose.