title: The treatment of retained stones in the common bile duct with sodium cholate infusion.
abstract: Six patients with stones retained in the common bile duct after cholecystectomy and common duct exploration were treated by intraductal infusion of a sodium cholate solution. In the five patients whose stones were between the T-tube and the duodenum the treatment was successful within a few days. A stone became transiently impacted in the ampullary region soon after beginning therapy in three patients and produced mild pancreatitis in two. The only failure was in a patient whose stone was between the T-tube and the liver.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001652:Bile Ducts; D002758:Cholangiography; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications
chemical_list: D002793:Cholic Acids