Intraoperative ultrasonography of the biliary tract using saline as a contrast agent: a fast and accurate technique to identify complex biliary anatomy | Zendy

Abhijit Chandra | Zendy; Vivek Gupta | Zendy; Rahul Rahul | Zendy; Manoj Kumar | Zendy; Ajeet Pratap Maurya | Zendy

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Intraoperative ultrasonography of the biliary tract using saline as a contrast agent: a fast and accurate technique to identify complex biliary anatomy

Author(s) -

Abhijit Chandra,

Vivek Gupta,

Rahul Rahul,

Manoj Kumar,

Ajeet Pratap Maurya

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.011116

Subject(s) - medicine , biliary tract , ultrasonography , contrast (vision) , biliary tract surgical procedures , radiology , biliary ducts , anatomy , general surgery , surgery , artificial intelligence , computer science

Intraoperative assessment of biliary tract anatomy is relevant for a number of benign and malignant hepatobiliary diseases. During biliary reconstruction, drainage of all relevant bile ducts is imperative to prevent atrophy of undrained segment, cholangitis and secondary biliary cirrhosis. Intraoperative cholangiography, though widely used for intraoperative imaging of the biliary tract, involves heavy equipment use, radiation risk and has a limited role in the evaluation of isolated segmental bile ducts.

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