[Experimental studies on the relation between cholestasis and pancreatitis]

Animal experiments were carried out on 12 dogs. Dogs are specially qualified because the choledochus and the pancreatic duct seperately fall into the duodenum. Laboratory tests demonstrated the influence of the choledocholigature on the exocrine function of the pancreas. These findings refer to the unity of the biliary tract and the pancreas. The histologic inquiries of pancreas did not showed any pathologic alterations because the survival time was too short likely.