Biliary drainage by T-tube rather than a transcystic drain ... Open procedures were performed with bile duct stone exploration and T-tube in all patients. No mortality occurred. The mean duration of ...

Introduction: Although laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE ... patients can undergo LCBDE without any kind of drainage, including biliary drainage (such as T-tube, biliary sent, ENBD, or ...

AN ACCURATE examination of the common duct should be a part of every operation on the extrahepatic biliary tract ... are usually made using a "T" tube or catheter sutured in the duct.

In 1972, Lucas and Walt [2] reported on randomized biliary drainage for liver trauma in 189 patients and found complications were higher in those patients who had t-tube biliary drainage.