Application of exchangeable transhepatic frame stents in patients with posttraumatic strictures of the hepatic and common bile duct

: For the period from 2000 through 2007 there were 27 patients treated for lesions of extrahepatic bile ducts of different genesis. Since all the lesions were high, we have formed biliodigestive anastomoses on the exchangeable transhepatic drains by the method of Groetz-Saypol-Kurian. In a month after the operation and a standard management of the exchangeable transhepatic drains we departed from the classical technique and applied nonperforated drains. Using the nonperforated exchangeable transhepatic drains in patients after reconstructive operations on the extrahepatioc bile ducts gave good immediate results of operations and substantially improved quality of life of the patients in the postoperative period.