[Surgical treatment of developmental defects of the biliary tract in children].

Analysis of the surgical treatment of 212 children is given. The patients were divided into 3 groups: 158 children with atresia of bile ducts, 29 children with abnormality of the cervix-duct segment of the gall bladder and 25 children with cystic transformation of the choledochus. Indications for the operation were as follows: stable mechanical jaundice, recurrent pain syndrome in deformity of the gall bladder and alternating jaundice with a formation present in the subhepatic space. The successful treatment was found to depend on early detection of the defect and rational choice of the operation method.