Transpapillary Bile Duct Drainage with a Large-caliber Endoprosthesis
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Endoscopy
- Vol. 15 (05) , 312-315
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1021542
Abstract
A new method for transpapillary bile duct drainage by means of a large-caliber endoprosthesis is described. It facilitates the transpapillary introduction of endoprostheses with an internal diameter of 3.5 to 5 mm irrespective of the actual diameter of the duodenoscope instrument channel. The method has been successfully employed in 6 out of 8 patients with malignant obstructive jaundice, uncomplicated by cholangitis. It offers an acceptable alternative to palliative surgical biliodigestive anastomosis.Keywords
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