Transnasal biliary drainage for treatment of common bile duct leakage and bile peritonitis.
A new nonoperative method for treating postoperative common bile duct leaks by endoscopic placement of a nasobiliary stent is described. Two patients were treated successfully by placing a nasobiliary stent above the point of bile leakage, acting to divert the flow of bile and to allow the fistula to close.
Toriumi
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Department of Surgery, Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60640.
Ruchim
M
M
Goldberg
M
M
Velasco
J
J
Silver
J
J
Berkowitz
G
G
Atlas
B
B
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001646:Bile; D003135:Common Bile Duct; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography