[Echography-guided percutaneous cholangiography in the diagnosis of the causes of mechanical jaundice].

Under analysis were results of percutaneous cholangiography under the ultrasonic control in 69 patients with jaundice. The investigation in question allowed the cause of the jaundice to be found in 66 of 69 cases. In 3 patients the examination proved to be not informative since only the gallbladder was filled with the contrast. The detection limit of the method was 95.6%. A complication in the form of bile discharge at the site of liver puncture was observed in 2 patients.