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Current Chances in Biliary Reoperations for Benign Lesions

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Abstract

Over the last decades and up-to-the present time, surgical reapproach to the biliary tree for benign lesions remain one of the main topics in surgery. Reoperations are necessary for:

  1. a.

    retained or recurrent stones in the biliary tree,

  2. b.

    stenosis at the level of sphincter of Oddi,

  3. c.

    malfunctioning previous bilio-digestive anastomoses,

  4. d.

    strictures and stenoses of the biliary tree — an entity which represents the most interesting point of biliary reoperations,

  5. e.

    intrahepatic lithiasis, cystic duct syndrome etc

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Papaevangelou, E.J., Papaevangelou-Nomikou, A. (2006). Current Chances in Biliary Reoperations for Benign Lesions. In: Karaliotas, C.C., Broelsch, C.E., Habib, N.A. (eds) Liver and Biliary Tract Surgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-49277-2_18

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