Laser ablation of a biliary duct for treatment of a persistent biliary-cutaneous fistula.
A persistent biliary-cutaneous fistula detected after biliary drainage catheter removal could not be resolved with diversionary techniques and Gelfoam and fibrin glue administration in the fistulous tract. As an alternative approach for treatment of the fistula, obliteration of the contributing bile duct with laser ablation was performed.
Eicher
Chad A
CA
Department of Radiology, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. chadeicher@hotmail.com <chadeicher@hotmail.com>
Adelson
Anthony B
AB
Himmelberg
Jeffrey A
JA
Chintalapudi
Udaya
U
D000328:Adult; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D002758:Cholangiography; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male