title: Single-wall puncture: a new technique for percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of our study is to evaluate the safety and utility of a new single-wall puncture technique for percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage in comparison with the conventional double-wall puncture technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that the single-wall puncture technique is a useful method for percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage and may be safer than the conventional double-wall puncture technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 62, Youido-dong, Yongdungpo-gu, Seoul 150-010, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seong T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Hyung J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Kyung J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002758:Cholangiography; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011677:Punctures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*