Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage: advantages of the left-lobe subxiphoid approach.
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 145 (2) , 534-536
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.145.2.7134464
Abstract
Comparative data of the immediate or early complication rates that are associated with placement of percutaneous biliary drainage catheters via a right- and left-hepatic-lobe approach [in the treatment of human obstructive jaundice] is presented. There are significant advantages to the left-lobe approach and possible reasons for this are discussed.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: