title: Left lobe of the liver: percutaneous biliary drainage.
abstract: Left-sided biliary drainage was performed in 89 of 678 (13%) patients undergoing percutaneous biliary drainage procedures during a 9-year period. The most common indication was Klatskin tumor, followed by sclerosing cholangitis, carcinoma of the gallbladder, postoperative benign stricture, and metastasis to the porta hepatis. Left-duct drainage was successful in 82 of the 89 patients (92%) in whom it was attempted. One patient sustained a major hemorrhage from a hepatic artery aneurysm, which was managed with transcatheter embolization.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadir
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kinnison
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D001652:Bile Ducts; D002758:Cholangiography; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods