Methods of diagnostics and treatment of patients with mechanical jaundice

The article is dedicated to actual problem of diagnostic and treatment of patients with mechan- ical jaundice of different genesis. The authors consider that using of low invasive methods of biliar decompression – endoscopic and transcutaneous – is of great importance now. It is described effi- ciency, indications and contraindications for each low invasive method in details. The authors offer their own algorithm of diagnostic and treatment in patients with mechanical jaundice.