[2 cases of biliary ileus]

Successful enterotomy and the removal of large calculi blocked in the small intestine in two cases of biliary ileus are reported. The aetiopathogenesis, clinical picture and treatment of this form are also described. In the first case, the calculus was discovered about 1 metre from the Treitz fascia, in the second, about 1 1/2 metres from the ileocaecal valve.