title: Laser ablation of a biliary duct for treatment of a persistent biliary-cutaneous fistula.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. chadeicher@hotmail.com <chadeicher@hotmail.com>
authors.forename: Chad A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Eicher
authors.forename: Anthony B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Adelson
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Himmelberg
authors.forename: Udaya
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chintalapudi
mesh_terms: 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