Pneumoperitoneum Caused by Air Leakage Through the Percutaneous Puncture Tract as a Complication of Rendezvous Technique: A Case Report

The rendezvous technique, combining percutaneous and endoscopic procedures, is a safe and effective method to achieve biliary cannulation if an endoscopic approach fails. The two procedures in this technique can be carried out simultaneously or in stages. A simultaneous approach is reported to be as...

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Published in:	Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Main Authors:	Chiao-Hsiung Chuang, Chiung-Yu Chen, Hong-Ming Tsai
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2008-11-01
Subjects:	endoscopic retrograde cholangiography percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography pneumoperitoneum rendezvous technique
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X09700245