| Popis: |
Recent developments in the study of biliary tract disease have given added importance to nonsurgical drainage of the biliary tract. This description of technic, based on the procedure described by Lyon1in 1923 and including recent improvements, is given because the drainage can have no diagnostic or therapeutic value unless it is properly performed. The method described has proved satisfactory in more than 3,000 drainages which have been done as part of the routine in the Medical and Surgical Gall Bladder Clinic of the New York Post-Graduate Hospital. In the performance of a drainage, the relaxation and comfort of the patient are important. A quiet room with not more than one patient gives best results. Reassurance on the part of the operator is helpful if the patient has not had the tube before. He is instructed to swallow the tip of the tube in the same way as food. |
