[The morphofunctional characteristics of the normal duodenojejunal flexure and in pathology of the extrahepatic bile ducts].

Results of complex experimental and clinical (146 patients) investigations of the morphofunctional state of the duodeno-intestinal flexure (DIF) are presented. It was established that patients with the pathology of extrahepatic bile ducts had limited mobility of DIF which was responsible for higher intraduodenal pressure and appearance of duodeno-gastric reflux. Mobilization of DIF improves the evacuation of the intestinal contents from the duodenum in patients with the pathology of extrahepatic bile ducts and is thought to be a prophylactic measure against the development of chronic duodenal obstruction after cholecystectomy.