Percutaneous biliary reconstruction: a report of two cases utilizing "blunt" recanalization and "rendezvous" techniques.
We present two cases where percutaneous transhepatic intervention provided initial and definitive therapy following early and late diagnosis of bile duct transection by blunt abdominal trauma.
Wallace
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Section of Vascular/Interventional Radiology, Memorial Hermann Hospital and The University of Texas Health Science Center, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA. mwallace@di.mdacc.tmc.edu
Middlebrook
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D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000379:methods*; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*