Novel use of a T-tube access to perform an internal/external biliary drainage.
We report a case of post-surgical temporary functional stenosis of the sphincter of Oddi and biliary leak in a patient with a previous Billroth II reconstruction who had undergone cholecystectomy, surgical choledochotomy and sphincterotomy for biliary calculi. The patient was treated by creation of an internal/external biliary drainage using the T-tube access with an unreported technique.
Basile
Antonio
A
Department of Interventional Radiology, Ospedale Ferrarotto, Catania, Italy. antodoc@yahoo.com
Macrì
Antonio
A
Bottari
Antonio
A
Lupattelli
Tommaso
T
Scuderi
Giuseppe
G
Famulari
Ciro
C
Certo
Antonio
A
D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D002768:Choledochostomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D046628:Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects