[Endoscopic methods in the diagnosis and treatment of mechanical jaundice of non-neoplastic etiology].

The authors analyse the results of treatment of 255 patients with obstructive jaundice of nonneoplastic origin. Various endoscopic methods were used. Endoscopic interventions were carried out in the first two days in 79.8% of cases. Laparoscopic cholecystostomy was conducted in 138 patients; jaundice was relieved in 3 to 20 days in 95% of cases. It is shown that the best results of operative treatment of patients with acute cholecystitis complicated by choledocholithiasis are produced in concurrent use of laparoscopic cholecystostomy and endoscopic papillosphincterotomy.