[Errors and complications in external drainage of the common bile duct]

Errors and complications taking place in external drainage of the common bile duct were analyzed in 484 patients. They appear due to choice of a wrong drainage tube. The authors describe their method of fixation the drain when draining through the stump of the bladder duct. In the postoperative period it is necessary to perform intracholedochal therapy with antibiotics for treatment of purulent cholangitis and for preventing a secondary infection of the bile ducts. Time of the removal of the drain depends on the state of the pancreas and on the data of transdrainage cholangiography.