[Percutaneous direct prograde cholangiography; experiences with application in preoperative diagnostics of obstructive jaundice (author's transl)].

A brief survey of the technique and application of the percutaneous direct prograde cholangiography is given. Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography with transperitoneal and with extraperitoneal access and transjugular cholangiography are available as methods. As far as preoperative diagnostics of the extrahepatic obstructive jaundice is concerned, at first transjugular cholangiography is applied and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography is only refered to when no clarification can be achieved.