title: [Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage in obstructive jaundice].
abstract: PTC was performed in 86 patients with obstructive jaundice, between February/80--March/81 diagnosing 20 cases of the hepatic hilium carcinoma, 14 of pancreatic carcinoma, and 2 multiplex abscess of the liver. PTC-D was successfully attempted on 16 patients, catheterizing the intrahepatic biliary tree in 15 and maintaining a good biliary flow in 10 of them. The catheter was on the correct position into the biliary tree in 6 patients, and the drainage continued for 7-20 days. General improvement was obtained in 83.33%, itching decreased in 40% and disappeared in 60%, cholestasis was reduced in 100% and sepsis in 75%. Complications of the technique were: pain during the introduction of the guide wire (18.75%) and transitory hemobilia (31.21%). PTC-D seems to be a procedure with a precisely indication in every transitory obstructive jaundice, in order to put the patient in better conditions to a definitive therapy: 1) Surgery 2) Prosthesis 3) External-internal biliary drainage.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002758:Cholangiography; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Drenaje biliar transhepático percutáneo en las ictericias obstructivas.