title: Stenting of the biliary tract in children.
abstract: We report on the technique and results of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) in children with obstructive jaundice. Three patients aged 8 - 15 years were treated, two of them for a benign and one for a malignant stricture. Endoscopic treatment was not possible and all the PTBD procedures were done under general anaesthesia. One of the children was treated with external-internal drainage, and the two others by insertion of a plastic endoprosthesis. There were no immediate complications. The PTBD had a good palliative effect in two cases, and in one case surgical treatment was necessary. We conclude that PTBD is a safe modality and that it can be used in children for the relief of obstructive jaundice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Lund, Sweden. carl-magnus.kullendorff@skane.se
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kullendorff
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arnbjörnsson
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cwikiel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001646:Bile; D002648:Child; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000628:therapy*; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000628:therapy*; D003135:Common Bile Duct; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D015607:Stents