[Replacement of the extra-hepatic common bile duct in the dog by an elastomere silicone prosthesis. Its possible application in biliary surgery].

From an experimental study of the prosthetic replacement of the common bile duct in the dog by an silicone elestomere prothesis, according to the technic of double intubation with a 2 1/2 year follow up in the oldest cases, and complete reconstitution of a well-structured new bile duct, the author propose using a similar prosthesis in biliary surgery: --firstly, the carcinoma of the bile ducts, using an internal prosthesis hepatico-gastric, hepatico-jejunal or duodenal, which is eliminated internally; --secondly, in stenosis or operative wounds of the bile ducts, using either removable tutor prosthesis, or segmental prostheses lost internally.