title: Modern concepts in nonsurgical management of traumatic biliary fistulas.
abstract: The management of traumatic biliary fistulas is controversial. New ideas in nonsurgical treatment have recently evolved, in part because of the rapid advancement of laporoscopic surgery. Three major concepts are important in managing biliary fistulas: diagnosis, drainage, and decompression. These concepts were applied to a trauma patient, then reviewed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Akron General Medical Center, OH 44307.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Horattas
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Fenton
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Awender
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents