percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage
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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. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage in patients with advanced solid malignancies: Prognostic factors and clinical outcomes.
Subcutaneous implantation metastasis of a cholangiocarcinoma of the bile duct after
percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage. Eur Radiol 1997; 7:259-61.
All patients had undergone
percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) procedure.
P Harbin, "
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage. Technique, results, and applications," Radiology, vol.
The reported incidence rate of recurrent jaundice requiring re-intervention after
percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage ranges between 10% and 30%.
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