[Surgical treatment of duodenal ulcer complicated by mechanical jaundice]

Operations were performed on 41 patients with duodenal ulcer which was the cause of obstruction of the bile ducts. Many patients also suffered from other chronic and acute complications of peptic disease of a long duration. Preliminary laparoscopic decompression of the gallbladder was conducted whenever possible. When the operative intervention was undertaken in obstructive jaundice preference was given to resection of the stomach or organ-preserving operations which were combined with correction of the bile draining ducts.