title: [Treatment of lithiasis of the common bile duct].
abstract: The aim of this review is to explain the multidisciplinary conception of the treatment of stones of the common bile duct in terms of the various techniques available. Treatment is designed to decrease mortality and morbidity, particularly acute complications in elderly or high risk subjects. A rational tactic determined dispassionately by common sense constitutes the best chance of preventing complications.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive, Hôpital de la Pitié, Paris.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vayre
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications; D013105:Sphincterotomy, Transduodenal
vernacular_title: Traitement de la lithiase de la voie biliaire principale (V.B.P.).