| Popis: |
Forty-eight patients with benign fibrous stenosis of the bile ducts were studied, seven of whom were operated upon primarily by us. A total of 182 operative procedures was performed, 110 before admission and seventy-two by us. Our surgical mortality was 12 per cent; operative mortality was 8 per cent. With repeated attacks of jaundice, intolerable itching, chills and fever, and weight loss lasting over a period of several years in many cases, these patients are miserable and doomed to death. Even though multiple, painstaking procedures are often required, satisfactory and improved results in 69 per cent of the patients in this study justify continued efforts towards restitution. |
