[Technique and use of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) with the CHIBA needle (author's transl)].
Experiences with the modified percutaneous transhepatic Cholangiography (PTC) with the CHIBA-needle ("skinny-needle") are evaluated and reported. The procedure is successul in almost all cases with dilated bile ducts. Therefore a failure to opacify the bile ducts with this method suggests an intrahepatic cause of cholestasis. No serious side effects have been observed in 45 cases.
D002758:Cholangiography / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D011677:Punctures
Technik und Anwendung der perkutanen transhepatischen Cholangiographie (PTC) mit der CHIBA-Nadel.