title: External biliary fistula.
abstract: We report 210 cases of external biliary fistula treated in our clinics between 1970-1992. In 7 cases, fistulas were formed after iatrogenic bile duct injury, in 4 cases after exploration of common bile duct, in 4 cases due to disruption of biliary-intestinal anastomosis, and in 2 cases due to liver trauma. In 85 cases bile leak was observed after cholecystomy, in 103 cases after hydatid disease surgery, and in 4 cases after the passage of P.T.C. catheter. In one patient the appearance of the fistula was due to spontaneous discharge of a gallbladder empyema. 173 cases were managed conservatively, and 37 cases surgically.
authors.affiliation: 4th Surgical Clinic, School of Medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dadoukis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prousalidis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Botsios
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tzartinoglou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Apostolidis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aletras
mesh_terms: D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications