title: Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography with a small-gauge needle: results of a two-year study in a community hospital.
abstract: Fifty patients in a community hospital underwent evaluation of the biliary system by the new small-gauge needle technique of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography. The high success rate, ease of performance, and low complication rate attest to the worth of this procedure in the diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D012867:Skin