title: [Cholangiography in laparoscopic surgery].
abstract: Cholangiography carried out in laparoscopic surgery is a diagnostic exam considered by many authors to be very important for the anatomy and the research pre-existent pathologies of the biliary tree. Such are the effective advantages that many Schools suggest it be carried out any case as the risks, the costs and the results do not influence or alter the result of surgical treatment and moreover, its continuous use improves the positive results. The simple execution of cholangiography, allowed also by the presence of suitable forceps, makes this exam practicable at any moment and easily coupled to other diagnostic and therapeutic methods executable during the proper times of laparoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale Ospedale, G. Renzetti, Lanciano (Chieti).
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pitrelli
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: DiBartolomeo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grossi
mesh_terms: D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D000075202:Contraindications; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D010535:Laparoscopy