Conservative management of a bilothorax resulting from blunt hepatic trauma.
Pleurobiliary fistula after blunt abdominal trauma is rare. We report a case managed with tube thoracostomy alone, without the need for biliary system drainage.
Harvard Medical School, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Avraham Z
AZ
Cooper
Alok
A
Gupta
Stephen R
SR
Odom
D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013907:Thoracostomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult