Everting balloon catheter in the biliary tree: a technical note.
Use of an everting thru-lumen balloon catheter allowed successful percutaneous transluminal cholangioplasty in a patient with sclerosing cholangitis when conventional methods had failed. The catheter we used was a prototype; however, further refinements are planned, and we feel this will be a useful tool in a variety of interventional procedures.
D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans