title: [The importance of interventional endoscopy in biliary tract surgery].
abstract: The authors give an account of their favourable experience with endoscopic treatment of choledocholithiasis in 414 patients (320 cholecystectomies and 94 with the gallbladder in situ). Removal of concrements from the ductus choledochus was achieved on the first attempt in 80% of the patients, during the second to fourth attempt in 20%. Immediate complications (acute pancreatitis, haemorrhage, perforation) were recorded in 4.1% of the patients, the mortality was 1.2%. The authors emphasize the importance of endoscopic treatment of choledocholithiasis with obstructive jaundice in particular in old and risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgická klinika ILF Nsp akademika Dérera, Bratislava.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cerný
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vavrecka
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D042882:Gallstones / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications
vernacular_title: Význam intervencnej endoskópie v chirurgii zlcových ciest.