title: Balloon dilatation and insertion of a self-expandable flexible metallic stent in a benign stricture of the left hepatic duct: case report.
abstract: A benign circumferential stenosis of the left hepatic duct was successfully treated with a self-expanding flexible metallic stent in a 70-year-old woman. Multiple intrahepatic stones were also removed percutaneously after dilatation of the tract up to a 24F diameter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Technology Aachen Medical School, FRG.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vorwerk
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Thon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: el-Din
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000628:therapy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy