title: Bypass of obstructing bile duct calculus by an endoprosthesis inserted via a T-tube track.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Benjamin
mesh_terms: 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