[Experimental reconstructive surgery of the common bile duct (author's transl)]

In reconstructive surgery of the common bile duct the exact everting adaptation--by microsurgical suture technique--was studied in 4 male bastard dogs. This operative procedure is followed by minimal amounts of granulation tissue in region of the anastomosis. In contrast to the synthetic Teflon material the bovine heterograft (Solcograft) did not satisfy as choledochal substitute. In spite of precise suture technique the inner surface of the graft was not covered with epithelium of the biliary tract one year later.