[Non-surgical drainage of the bile ducts: a report on 15 cases (author's transl)].

Poor results were obtained in 8 out of 15 patients after drainage of the bile ducts during the terminal stages of obstructive jaundice or following local postoperative complications, lack of response was due either to the severity and the hilar localization of the lesion, or to existing hepatic or renal insufficiency. Those patients who relapsed after bile duct surgery were all improved after drainage.