<p>This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p> <p>Somatostatin is a potent inhibitory hormone, it's synthetic analogue is more potent and has a prolonged
action. It has a wide range of actions in the gastrointestinal system; among which is an anticholeritic action
on bile secretion.</p> <p>The use of Sandostatin in the management of a case of complicated biliary fistula is reported; it
controlled the fistula reducing its daily output from 200 ml to less than 5 ml per day.</p>
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