Percutaneous cholangioscopy for diagnosis and therapy of biliary diseases
- Author:
Dang -- Tam
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
biliary diseases
- MeSH:
Biliary Tract Diseases;
diagnosis;
therapeutics;
- From:Journal Ho Chi Minh Medical
2003;7(3):176-183
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Percutaneous cholangioscopy was performed on 270 patients with biliary disease at Trung Vuong Emergency Center in HCM city. The endoscope was inserted into the bile ducts through either a T-tube tract 187 cases or a percutaneous transhepatic tract 83 cases. Indications included cholelithiasis in 262 patients, common hepatic duct stricture after cholecystectomy in 3, and suspected malignant biliary obstruction in 5. Interventional maneuvers included electrohydraulic lithotripsy, extraction of stones and ascaris, dilatation of bile duct stricture, libiary cutaneous stenting, and biliary biopsy
