[Replacement of the extra-hepatic common bile duct in the dog by an elastomere silicone prosthesis. Its possible...

From an experimental study of the prosthetic replacement of the common bile duct in the dog by an silicone elestomere prothesis, according to the technic of double intubation with a 2 1/2 year follow up in the oldest cases, and complete reconstitution of a well-structured new bile duct, the author propose using a similar prosthesis in biliary surgery: --firstly, the carcinoma of the bile ducts, using an internal prosthesis hepatico-gastric, hepatico-jejunal or duodenal, which is eliminated internally; --secondly, in stenosis or operative wounds of the bile ducts, using either removable tutor prosthesis, or segmental prostheses lost internally.