The author presents an account of cysts of the choledochus in children. With present possibilities of ultrasonic examination in abdominal pain, jaundice or a palpable resistance in the abdomen cystic formations in the subhepatic region are diagnosed with increasing frequency in child age and are operated. At present the best and most permanent results are achieved after extirpation of the cyst and substitution of the extrahepatic biliary pathways by a jejunal loop, as recommended by Roux.
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