Percutaneous retrieval of a fractured biliary guidewire from a reduced liver graft.
We describe a unique case of percutaneous retrieval of a broken guidewire in the biliary tree of a patient with a biliary stricture following liver transplantation with a reduced segment 2,3 graft using an Amplatz "goose-neck" snare.
Khong
P L
PL
Radiology Department, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust, UK.
John
P R
PR
D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000473:pathology; D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000601:surgery; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011677:Punctures; D011859:Radiography; D015642:Radiology, Interventional