title: [The overlooked stone of the biliary tract].
abstract: A report is given of current diagnosis and treatment of overlooked stones of the common bile duct, reviewing 81 patients seen in our hospital. Problems arise mainly in icteric and postoperatively critical patients. There is still not enough clinical experience in medical or endoscopic treatment in the disease. Therefore surgical procedures are still the treatment of choice although there is a higher mortality in relaparotomy than in first procedure.
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003135:Common Bile Duct; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Der übersehene Choledochusstein