[Immunologic reactivity of patients with obstructive jaundice of non-neoplastic etiology].

Immunity values were studied in patients with obstructive jaundice of cholelithic etiology. The number of immune cells was reduced and the formation of antibodies was deficient in these patients in the preoperative period. The degree of immunodeficiency correlated with the duration of jaundice and the degree of bilirubinemia. The level of autoantigens was also increased. An operation promotes still greater suppression of immunity. The values of immunity were normalized earlier in patients who had received immunomodulation therapy.