Endoscopic rendez-vous reconstruction of complete biliary obstruction
B Neu1, S Nennstiel2, S von Delius2
1Academic Teaching Hospital Landshut-Achdorf, Medizinische Klinik II, Landshut, Technische Universität München, Germany.
Background And Study Aims:
Complete biliary strictures normally require surgical intervention. We describe an alternative, minimally invasive endoscopic/percutaneous rendez-vous technique for the reconstruction of complete benign biliary strictures.
Patients And Methods:
Complete biliary strictures were reconstructed in four patients using a rendez-vous percutaneous-endoscopic or percutaneous-percutaneous route guided by fluoroscopic and visual (transillumination) control.
Results:
All four patients were treated successfully and safely with the rendez-vous technique. Complications were caused by the preliminary creation, dilatation and maturation of the percutaneous tract.
Conclusion:
This technique may offer a good alternative to surgical bilio-enteric anastomosis in experienced hands. The long term course of the patients treated remains to be seen.
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