Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography with the "Skinny" Needle
- 1 May 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 86 (5) , 562-568
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-86-5-562
Abstract
Cases (131) of cholestasis were evaluated by skinny needle percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography. The biliary tree was seen in 129 patients (98.5%). When the biliary tree was dilated, a success rate of 100% was obtained. In the 45 patients with nondilated ducts, visualization was achieved in 95.6%. There was no mortality, early operation or transfusion requirement associated with the procedure. This form of cholangiography is a simple, reliable and extremely high-yield technique for evaluating patients with cholestasis.Keywords
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