[The endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (author's transl)].

This is a report of 760 endoscopic cholangiographic procedures. 76% of all examinations answered the given clinical problem. Prepapillar stenosis of the choledochus resulting from pancreatic diseases can be found in 35% of all pathologic findings. The diagnosis of a possible stenosis of the papilla Vateri is not facilitated by a retrograde cholangiographic examination. The intravenous cholangiogram with special regard to bile drainage seems to yield more information. A common drainage hindrance of the pancreatic and bile duct in connection with a stenosis of the papilla was shown in 26%. In 65% of patients with a postcholecystectomy-syndrome organic disease could be demonstrated which made a second operation necessary.