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Subsequent to preoperative and perioperative indications the common bile duct was explored in 705 patients over a 12-year period, from January 1983 to December 1994. Consequent postoperative T-tube cholangiography revealed the presence of worms in 22 patients. Expulsion of the worms followed T-tube irrigation with 0.9% normal saline in 18 patients. Only one patient had to be reexplored to remove the ascaris. In two patients the worm was removed along with the T-tube, and in one patient the worm came out through the T-tube tract.
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Wani, N., Shah, O. & Naqash, S. Postoperative Biliary Ascariasis: Presentation and Management—Experience. World J. Surg. 24, 1143–1145 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002680010187
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002680010187