Jejunal mucosal graft with transhepatic intubation. Rodney Smith's technic for very high strictures of the hepatic duct.
Very high hepatic strictures present a difficult surgical problem. Restenosis frequently occurs even when the best method has been applied. Rodney Smith developed a method of transhepatic intubation in association with a jejunal mucosal graft through which the transhepatic tube is passed and fixed. We applied this technic in two cases and consider the results obtained to be very satisfactory. The patients have been followed for four and 3-1/2 years respectively.
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D007440:Intubation; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous