Open AccessPercutaneous Transhepatic Bile Drainage
Author(s) -
Katsutaka Mori,
Atsunobu Misumi,
M. Sugiyama,
Masato Okabe,
Takahiro Matsuoka,
Jun Ishii,
Masanobu Akagi
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197701000-00018
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , drainage , biliary drainage , general surgery , radiology , ecology , biology
Percutaneous transhepatic bile drainage was performed in 13 patients with obstructive jaundice, using a combination of the PTC technique and a Seldinger angiography catheter. In 11 cases, the outflow of bile through the catheter was satisfactory and complications were few. Since the risk of the procedure is low and it can be done without laparotomy, it is an ideal technic for biliary decompression before attempting to do a resection. Also, repeated cholangiography through a catheter which is left in place is helpful as a diagnostic aid before and after surgery.