[Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, cholangiostomy and endoprosthesis of bile ducts in mechanical jaundice].

The following interventions were carried out in obstructive jaundice of various etiology: percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography in 186 cases (3.3% complications), temporary external drainage in 20, external-internal drainage in 8, and endoprosthesis of the bile ducts in 6 cases (17.6% of complications in endobiliary interventions). General efficacy of hepatocholangiography 88.9% (96.4% in dilated bile ducts and 67.8% in non-dilated bile ducts). Drainage and endoprosthesis of the bile ducts were resorted to not only to improve the patient's condition before the operation, but also as an alternative surgical intervention in cases of inoperable new growths of the ++hepato-pancreato-duodenal++ zone.