[Endoscopic papillotomy - a new therapeutic approach to gall bladder diseases (author's transl)].

Endoscopic papillotomy (EPT) was performed in 66 patients, 59 of whom had choledocholithiasis and the remaining seven had stenosis of the papilla of Vater. The stones passed spontaneously in 37 patients, but had to be extracted in 10 cases. All seven patients with stenosis showed free bile flow following EPT. Four patients become anicteric although the stones persisted. Four patients had a febrile complication which subsided in response to antibiotic therapy.