Cholangiography aided by Fogarty balloon catheters after Rodney Smith cholangio-jejunostomy.
Transtubal cholangiography following cholangio-jejunostomy is often difficult to perform due to contrast material flow through the end hole of the drainage tube into the jejunum, without filling of the bile ducts via the side holes. The use of Fogarty balloon catheters to overcome this problem is described.
D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery*