Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage Using a Ligated Catheter for Recurrent Catheter Obstruction: Antireflux Technique

Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) is an established procedure for biliary obstruction. However, duodenobiliary or jejunobiliary reflux of the intestinal contents through a PTBD catheter sometimes causes recurrent catheter obstruction or cholangitis. A 64-year-old female patient with...

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Published in:	Gut and Liver
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Gastroenterology Council for Gut and Liver 2013-03-01
Subjects:	catheters cholangitis choledochostomy drainage
Online Access:	http://gutnliver.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.5009/gnl.2013.7.2.255