Removal of a common duct stone with a "filet" T-tube.
In a patient who had had cholecystectomy, a common duct stone was removed with a filet T-tube, the open limbs of the tube closing around the stone so that it could be pulled out along the track of the T-tube stem. The maneuver was successfully repeated in a dog. The use of the filet tube is recommended when a T-tube is to be placed in the common duct.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002758:Cholangiography; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013525:Surgical Instruments