General Considerations in the Management of Benign Strictures of the Bile Duct

Abstract
OF all the complications of abdominal surgery, benign stricture of the bile duct is one of the most devastating. The gravity of this condition is emphasized by the hazard to life from biliary stricture, by the difficulty of surgical repair and by the tendency to recurrence. On the basis of Dr. Lahey's interest in biliary stricture, we have had a wide experience with the treatment of this condition since the first stricture was repaired at this clinic in 1919. Up to May, 1958, 690 patients with benign biliary stricture have been seen here and treated with 1006 operative procedures ( . . .

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