[Biliary ileus: reflections on one clinical case (author's transl)].

The authors describe one case of biliary ileus occurring in the form of stepwise intestinal obstruction, successfully treated by surgery designed to resolve the obstruction and at the same time repair the biliodigestive fistula. Because of the high postoperative morbidity and mortality in emergency cases, this operation should be reserved in the authors' opinion to patients in satisfactory humoral balance and in the absence of general contraindictions.