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Endoscopic balloon dilatation of biliary strictures
Author(s) -
Willett Ian R.,
McCutcheon Alan D.,
Dudley Francis J.
Publication year - 1985
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.1326-5377.1985.tb122917.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary tract , biliary cirrhosis , biliary drainage , bile duct diseases , balloon , bile duct , intrahepatic bile ducts , surgery , balloon catheter , endoscopy , gastroenterology , disease , autoimmune disease
The case of a 67‐year‐old woman who had a long history of recurrent cholangitis after repeated biliary tract surgery, and whose clinical course was complicated by the development of multiple biliary strictures and secondary biliary cirrhosis, is reported. Nasobiliary drainage was used to successfully decompress the biliary system and to control infection during an acute episode of cholangitis. Subsequent endoscopic, hydrostatic balloon dilatation of the major bile‐duct strictures resulted in an improvement in her clinical condition which was supported by the results of biochemical tests.