Percutaneous transcholecystic cholangiography: experimental study.
Percutaneous transcholecystic cholangiography was performed in three patients with normal-sized bile ducts and suspected obstructive jaundice, and it was performed 14 times in eight normal dogs. In every instance there was good demonstration of both the intra- and extrahepatic biliary tree. There were no significant clinical complications. Transcholecystic cholangiography is a technically easy, valuable alternative to transhepatic cholangiography for opacification of nondilated bile ducts.
D000818:Animals; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods*; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002765:Cholecystography; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004285:Dogs; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D011677:Punctures
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