title: Non-operative management of a common bile duct injury sustained during cholecystectomy in a morbidly obese patient. (Non-operative repair of CBD injury).
abstract: A 29 year old morbidly obese patient suffered injury to his common bile duct during cholecystectomy. Subsequent access to the biliary tree was obtained by using a long heavy gauge needle after first opacifying the system with contrast injection through a nasobiliary tube. It is now twenty six months after initial percutaneous biliary drainage placement and eighteen months after removal of all biliary access. The patient is asymptomatic and has normal liver function tests. This technique can be useful in morbidly obese patients who are at increased risk from surgical repair of biliary duct injuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Ashdown
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Suhocki
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Jowell
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Meyers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D011677:Punctures; D011859:Radiography; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy