Abstract
Percutaneous transhepatic approach to endoscopic placement of a 10F plastic biliary stent: step-by-step description of a novel technique.
Highlights
The endoscopic placement of plastic biliary stents is a well-established technique for treating benign, malignant, or recurrent biliary obstructive disease[1,2]
The percutaneous transhepatic technique is a well-known means of inserting external drains and metallic biliary stents[1,3,4,5,6,7], there has been only one study providing a technical description of the percutaneous transhepatic insertion of a plastic biliary stent, and the authors of that study employed a two-stage approach[1]
Percutaneous transhepatic puncture is performed with a 17G × 10.6 cm coaxial needle (MCXS1816AX; Argon Medical Devices, Frisco, TX, USA) and a 5F vascular introducer (RS+A50K10SQ Radifocus Introducer II; Terumo, Tokyo, Japan), guided by ultrasound, through a peripheral branch of the bile duct
Summary
The endoscopic placement of plastic biliary stents is a well-established technique for treating benign, malignant, or recurrent biliary obstructive disease[1,2]. Percutaneous transhepatic approach to endoscopic placement of a 10F plastic biliary stent: step-by-step description of a novel technique.
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