Abstract
In 28 selected cases (right hepatic lobe lobectomy or atrophy; prevalent dilatation of the left bile ducts; necessary double drainage in the obstruction of the right and left hepatic ducts confluence; etc.) the percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and the biliary drainage were performed by a left-lobe subxiphoid approach, rather than the currently popular right-lobe approach. By means of this technique some treatments (biliary endoprosthesis insertion, gallstones removal or dissolution, bilioplasty) were executed; these treatments were impossible or very hard to realize by the right-lobe approach. No failures or complications occurred.
| Translated title of the contribution | Transhepatic percutaneous drainage of the bile with anterior entry in the ducts of the left lobe. Personal experience in 28 cases |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 924-927 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Radiologia Medica |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging