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PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY COMBINED WITH LIVER BIOPSY IN THE EARLY AND ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS OF JAUNDICE
Author(s) -
Scott Alan R.,
Davidson J. Stuart H.,
Lees D. F.,
Gillespie Gordon
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb134627.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography , jaundice , cholangiography , radiology , percutaneous , biopsy , liver biopsy , percutaneous biopsy , general surgery , surgery
By means of a new thin needle (Chiba), percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography was carried out in 60 jaundiced patients admitted to a general surgical unit over a period of 12 months. In patients in whom the technique was technically unsuccessful, or in whom inadequate information was obtained, a liver biopsy was performed. Our results indicate that this is a safe and reliable method of achieving an early and accurate diagnosis in the majority (91%) of jaundiced patients.