[Important cause for reoperations of the common bile duct: papillary stenosis]

The authors have surveyed 94 cases of stenosis of Vater's papilla diagnosed in 270 late reoperations. In their opinion in more than one third of the cases stenosis of Vater's papilla persisted even at the time of the first surgical interference, only it was not diagnosed and adequately solved. They are convinced that by the routine use of radiomanometry, in addition to intraoperative close circuit TV monitoring, by the correct interpretation of the data and adequate surgery, the number of late reoperations after surgery of the biliary tract can be considerably decreased. The procedure has been in use at the author's clinic since 1961.