[Direct cholangiography: endoscopic-retrograde or percutaneous transhepatic? (author's transl)].
Indications, success-rate and disadvantages of endoscopic retrograde (n = 928) and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (n approximately 360) at the Surgical and Medical University Clinics of Freiburg/German are discussed. Direct cholegraphy is the method of choice in cases of cholestasis of unknown origin. Endoscopic retrograde procedures usually preceed the percutaneous transhepatic approach. PTC either complementary or decisive when ERCP has failed. Therapeutic possibilities of both methods are not yet totally utilized.
D000328:Adult; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005860:Germany, West; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013577:Syndrome
Direkte Cholangiographie: endoskopisch-retrograd oder perkutan-transhepatisch?