[The treatment of external biliary fistulae by means of lavage and continuous aspiration].
In 99% of cases external biliary fistulas are caused by liver and biliary tract surgery. The paper describes a new continuous aspiration of the fistula. This method was used to treat 18 patients and full closure of the fistula was achieved in 15 out of 18 patients.
Katergiannakis
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V
A Clinica Chirurgica Propedeutica, Università di Atene.
Manouras
A
A
Xepapadakis
G
G
Pierrakakis
S
S
Papadopoulou
A
A
Karkanias
G
G
Apostolidis
N
N
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D001659:Biliary Tract; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
Il trattamento delle fistole biliari esterne tramite lavaggio ed aspirazione continua.