[Bile sorption in hepatic insufficiency in patients with mechanical jaundice].

The author describes and substantiates the performance of bile sorption in the prevention and treatment of hepatic insufficiency in patients with obstructive jaundice who were subjected to external drainage of the bile tract. A total of 357 sessions of bile sorption were conducted in the pre- and postoperative periods in 51 elderly and old-aged patients with obstructive jaundice of benign (23 patients) and malignant (18 patients) character. Four patients died.