Scintigraphic evaluation of biliary leakage following laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Three patients with biliary leakage following coelioscopic cholecystectomy after percutaneous drainage of abdominal collection underwent 99m Tc TRIMETHYL-BROMO IDA biliary scintigraphy. In all cases, scintigraphy showed the site of the leak with a good dynamic evaluation of tracer confirming the adequacy of percutaneous drainage. Two patients were treated conservatively; one underwent surgical repair of a common bile duct lesion because of the high output of bile despite nasobiliary drainage. Biliary scintigraphy provides useful information in case of suspicious biliary leakage after coelioscopic cholecystectomy.