[Significance of nutrition and diet in diseases of the extrahepatic biliary tract].

On the basis of newer literature and of own experiences the author describes the present state of dietetics in diseases of the extrahepatic biliary ducts. The details of the basic diet in these diseases are discussed (nutrition of patients with limited fat and raw fibre supply). In acute cases the parenteral nutrition is to be recommended. In subacute cases, as well as before and after surgical interventions more frequently ballast-free, fully balanced peroral nutrition (cosmonautes' diet) is used. Finally the importance of the plant raw fibre for the prophylaxis of cholelithiasis is demonstrated.