Guided dilators for the common bile duct.
The use of the flexible guide dilators for the common bile duct has remarkably reduced the amount of manipulation, trauma and handling of the duct during exploration. As a result, there has been the additional advantage of an over-all reduction in the time required for operating. This simple technique has been successfully performed in approximately 80 instances.
D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000601:surgery*; D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments