Non-surgical Biliary Drainage: Endoscopic Conversion of Percutaneous Transhepatic into Endoprosthetic Drainage
- 17 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Endoscopy
- Vol. 18 (02) , 52-54
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1018326
Abstract
Percutaneous transhepatic drainage (PTD) is associated with many long-term complications. Therefore a large-diameter endoscopic endoprosthesis is preferentially employed to bridge a malignant obstruction of the biliary tract. Only if the placement of an endoprosthesis fails, must PTD be established. We present a simple method for converting PTD into a large endoprosthesis (14 F) with the aid of endoscopy. We have performed this conversion successfully in 8 patients without complications.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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