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[Endoscopic balloon dilatation of benign choledochal stenosis]
R Rustemeier1, M Harloff, W Astheimer
1Medizinische Klinik C, Stadt Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)
|March 10, 1989
Abstract:
A 68-year-old woman was admitted because of septicaemia after cardiac valve replacement. Cause of the septicaemia was a proximal filiform common bile duct stenosis with recurrent gallstones and secondary cholangitis. A single pneumatic balloon dilatation widened the common bile duct. At the same time, specific antibiotic treatment cured the septicaemia. Nine months later no further dilatation has been necessary.