Primary suture or T-tube drainage after choledochotomy.

It has been suggested that decreased morbidity and mortality after choledochotomy is obtained by avoidance of T-tube drainage of the common bile duct. A prospective randomised trial involving 80 patients having either primary suture of the common bile duct or T-tube drainage has therefore been undertaken. The indications for exploring the duct together with the complications arising in the two groups are enumerated. There is a significant saving of hospital time after primary suture, P = 0.05 (Wilcoxon's test).

RCT Entities:   Population Interventions Outcomes