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percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage

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percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage,
drainage of the biliary tree by the introduction of a catheter through the liver and into the biliary tree under radiologic guidance. Also called percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage.

percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage
GI disease A type of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiophy that provides nonsurgical decompression of obstructed bile ducts Pros ↓ mortality, hospital stay Indications Symptomatic relief of biliary duct obstruction due to advanced malignancy; preop in jaundiced Pts to improve liver function and prevent bleeding. See Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography. Cf Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.


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Besser (31) recommended ERCP as the first choice because of the lower complication rate compared with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD).
2) In rare but clearly documented cases, some metastatic lesions were cutaneously implanted following percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.
 
 
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