THE USE OF BILE ACID DERIVATIVES

摘要

The invention relates to the use of a coloured or fluorescent hepatobiliary targeting compound in the manufacture of an administrable composition for visualising the bile duct and biliary leakage during an operation in the region of the bile duct, and is useful as an aid to a surgeon performing an operation in the region of the gall bladder. The compound is preferably based on a steroid moiety.