[The role and importance of intraoperative cholangiography in modern biliary surgery]

The aim of the study is to show that routine use of intraoperative cholangiography may significantly reduce postoperative complications after cholecystectomy. We made a prospective study on 200 cholecystectomized patients in the period IX 1988-III 1989. Patients are divided in two groups: A--control group consisting of 100 cholecystectomized patients without intraoperative cholangiography and B--also consisting of 100 patients with routinely used intraoperative cholangiography. Results are given in the following table where the complications are separated by the time of appearance, specific signs and symptoms.

Routine use of intraoperative cholangiography significantly reduces the number of complications (A:B = 19:9) which is statistically significant (chi-square test. p < 0.05).