title: Totally percutaneous rendezvous techniques for the treatment of bile strictures and leakages.
abstract: Some challenging pathologic conditions of the biliary tract cannot be treated with endoscopy alone, and a combined approach with rendezvous techniques is frequently needed. Three different totally percutaneous rendezvous techniques were successfully applied in three cases. The rendezvous techniques were performed either with bilateral catheterization of bile ducts to treat a challenging type IV biliary stenosis and iatrogenic biliary damage or with biliary catheterization and percutaneous puncture of the anastomotic loop to treat a biliodigestive anastomosis failure with bile leakage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Verona G.B. Rossi Hospital, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy. Electronic address: riccardo.derobertis@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Robertis
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Verona G.B. Rossi Hospital, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Contro
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Verona G.B. Rossi Hospital, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zamboni
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Verona G.B. Rossi Hospital, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mansueto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D057868:Anastomotic Leak / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D016896:Treatment Outcome