Current status and usefulness of operative cholangiography.

This article is a review of the recent literature on operative cholangiography. The objective is to summarize concisely the important contemporary viewpoints as an aid to students of radiology. To the practicing radiologist, it may offer a concise review of the subject and facilitate upgrading operative cholangiography in his hospital. The introduction covers statistical evidence of the growing dependence of biliary tract surgeons on operative cholangiography. The rudiments of diagnoses of the various diseases that can be detected by operative cholangiography are presented. Pertinent clinical facts along with cholangiographic diagrams are presented under arbitrary sections: I. Stones; II. Anomalies; III. Other Diseases; IV. Techniques of Operative Visualization of the Biliary System.