[Surgical technique and results in benign bile duct stenoses]

Surgical treatment of benign bile-duct stenosis in the state of extrahepatic cholestasis is not only associated with increased operation risk, but demands a great deal of experience from the surgeon. The results obtained during the last 3 years in 17 patients with an average age of 51 are evaluated. Different techniques corresponding to the individual findings of the bile-duct stenosis were applied for reconstruction. In two thirds of the patients long-term drainages were necessary.