title: [Foreign bodies in the biliary tract. I. Postoperative foreign bodies in the biliary tract. Review of the literature (71 cases) apropos of 4 personal cases].
abstract: Starting out from four cases which they personally treated, the authors have made a complete review of the literature concerning biliary foreign bodies, and list 92 cases, with the following breakdown - 71 operative residues, 15 ingested bodies and 6 penetrating bodies. They attempt to analyse the mechanics of the formation of lithiasis around post-operative residues and assess its real frequency. They come to the following conclusions: most of these cases can be avoided by careful cleaning before closure of the choledocotomy, by the use of good-quality, correctly cut T-tubes and drainage material, by cutting the cystic duct as short as possible, and by exclusive use of resorbable fine thread in the biliary tract and the cystic artery.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001659:Biliary Tract; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*
vernacular_title: Corps étrangers des voies biliaires. I. Corps étrangers post-opératoires des voies biliaires. Revue de la littérature (soixante et onze cas) a propos de quatre observations personnelles.