title: [Percutaneous drainage of the biliary tract by puncture with a fine needle].
abstract: Temporary pre-operative and post-operative as well as permanent palliative percutaneous biliary-tract drainage was performed in 12 patients with biliary tract obstruction; in three the drainage was internal and in nine external. Main indication of the method is permanent palliative decompression in cases of inoperable malignant tumour with obstructive jaundice. Pre-operatively, percutaneous biliary tract drainage serves as a temporary measure in order to perform an operation after decompression of the biliary tract and improving the patient's general condition. The only serious complication was biliary peritonitis after a drainage catheter had slipped out.
mesh_terms: D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011677:Punctures; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Drenaggio percutaneo delle vie biliari mediante puntura con ago sottile.