A new technique for transhepatic liver tract dilatation. An aid in transhepatic portography.
Transhepatic portography is frequently difficult or unsuccessful in cirrhotic patients because of catheter friction by the fibrotic liver and the presence of ascites. The authors describe a technique of liver tract dilatation which circumvents these difficulties.
D002404:Catheterization; D004106:Dilatation; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008722:Methods; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography