CHOLECYSTOGASTROSTOMY AND HEPATITIS

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Abstract
Increased interest in surgical intervention on the gallbladder has resulted in the removal of cholecystogastrostomy from the class of serious, much feared and seldom performed operations to that of operations which are considered less serious and with which every surgeon has had experience. Its wider use has been hindered by a fear that infection of the liver may occur as a sequel. Many investigators have tried both experimentally and clinically to avoid this and other sequelae. This study is an experimental attack on the problem of hepatic infection following cholecystogastrostomy from a new point of view. Some light is thrown on the general pathologic problem of hepatic infection. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Experimentally, the gallbladder has been anastomosed to the alimentary tract at various points of the stomach, duodenum, jejunum and colon. Many studies have been made to determine which method will yield as nearly a physiologic result as possible

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