title: Percutaneous transhepatic use of a cutting balloon in the treatment of a benign common bile duct stricture.
abstract: Benign biliary strictures (BBS) are difficult to treat. The majority of them are treated either endoscopically or using percutaneous techniques either with stents or conventional angioplasty balloons. To our knowledge we present the first case of use of a cutting balloon in the treatment of BBS through a percutaneous approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Devon, UK.
authors.forename: Nirmal K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Kakani
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puckett
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watkinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D003135:Common Bile Duct; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans