Left lobe of the liver: percutaneous biliary drainage.
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.
Kaufman
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Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore.
Kadir
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Mitchell
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Kinnison
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Chang
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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