The authors revise operative cholangiographies peformed at the Department of Surgery of the “Faculdade de Medicina de Marília” (FAMEMA) from January 1993 to February 1995, with the objective of characterizing the pattern of these exams at FAMEMA. It was possible to rescue 96 findings of the registrations from Service of Radiology of FAMEMA. In this study, 70 were considered normal, 23 altered and three inconclusive. The authors present cases where the operative cholangiographies did not clinch pre-operative suspicion, which avoided unnecessary profiteering of the common bile duct (6.25%) or did not allow improper diagnosis (9.36%), considered the main advantages of the operative cholangiography. Then, they present discussion over this kind of procedure, unsuspected choledocolithiasis and about the new point of view: the cholangiography at videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy. Finally, the authors conclude that operative cholangiography will proceed as a routine on operations on gallblader and common bile duct and they propose the institution of a pattern to the accomplishment of this procedure.
Cholangiography; Cholecystectomy