الفهرس 
Anatomy of the biliary tractOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Post-operative obstructive jaundice constitutes a great proplem in the field of surgery. This essay
go briefely with the different aspects of this subject and it includes a complete anatomical study
for the biliary tracts both inside and outside the liver.
It also includes the causes of post-operative obstructive jaundice especialy two
important surgical causes which are, obstruction caused by biliary stones and the obstruction
caused by injury of the biliary ducts and the effects of this obstruction on the bile ducts, liver,
kidney and all the vital processes of the body. This essay showed the in1portance of clinical
examination to diagnose the type of obstruction, it also showed the recent invistigatory
methods, and methods of investigation by ultra sound, CT scan or by the use of fiberoptic
endoscopes and situations for the use of each method and also the defects in the use of some of
them.
This essay also showed the role of these different methods in accurate diagnosis of the site,
shape, extent and the type of the obstructing factor in cases of obstructive saundice.
And it includes the different methods of surgical treatment and discussed the alternatives of
the surgical treatment such as
the use of fiberoptic endoscope in stone extraction front the bile ducts in some cases.
Lastly, it includes some of the recent methods in treatmen t of obstructive jaundice such as the
use of fine tubes which can be inserted through the liver or through the fiberoptic endoscopes to
be passed from the site of obstruction and help in the drainage of bile juice and the use of these
tubes for surgical preparation or its use pern1enantly in some other advanc cases.