Bypass of obstructing bile duct calculus by an endoprosthesis inserted via a T-tube track.
A surgically introduced biliary endoprosthesis in a patient with a cholangiocarcinoma prevented extraction of a calculus in the lower common bile duct through a T-tube track. The problem was solved by the introduction of a second endoprosthesis across the ampulla of Vater through the T-tube track in order to prevent obstruction of the common bile duct by the calculus.
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
Yeung
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McCarthy
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Benjamin
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D002759:Adenoma, Bile Duct / Q000150:complications; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants