A gallbladder conduit for bile duct reconstruction to treat benign biliary stenosis
1Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Surgery Today
|July 26, 2006
Abstract:
A benign extrahepatic biliary stricture is life-threatening and usually requires open repair, although it can sometimes be treated percutaneously or endoscopically with balloon dilatation and long-term stenting. I describe an alternative method of managing a benign extrahepatic biliary stricture, using a gallbladder conduit.
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