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Biliary tract injury following blunt abdominal trauma: case reports
S J Gerndt1, S P Seidel, P A Taheri
1Division of Trauma, Burn, and Emergency Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, USA.
The Journal of Trauma
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
This report reviews three cases of biliary tract injury following blunt abdominal trauma. During diagnostic evaluation, computerized tomography failed to delineate the injuries, but endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) aided in the diagnosis in two patients and pre-operative biliary stent placement facilitated operative intervention. Surgical exploration was required to fully characterize the injury in all three patients.