[Hemobilia and bilhemia complicating liver trauma (author's transl)]

Abstract

Hemobilia and bilhemia are typical complications of liver trauma which have been found more often during the last years. Today gastroduodenoscopy, retrograde cholangiography, selective angiography and scintillation scanning of the liver make an exact diagnosis possible. In the case of hemobilia a ligature of the corresponding artery might be successful, whereas in the case of bilhemia only partial resection of the liver leads to success.