PROTECTIVE CHOLEDOCHODUODENOSTOMY IN MULTIPLE COMMON DUCT STONES IN THE AGED

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 154  (2) , 232-234
Abstract
Forty-nine patients > 70 yr of age had a follow-up examination 2-8 yr after choledochoduodenostomy for common duct stones or from a common duct strictures following a previous biliary tract operation. Death followed operation in 2 patients and was not related to the choledochoduodenostomy itself. Results of the follow-up examination revealed that none of the patients had had signs or symptoms of cholangitis, jaundice or episodes of fever. One patient only had recurrent, but mild, biliary colic. Choledochoduodenostomy is well tolerated in old age and justified in elderly patients with multiple stones in dilated common ducts as a precaution against retained or recurrent common duct stones.

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