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Endoscopic treatment of postoperative biliary leak
D V Sreenivas1, Y R Kumar, A Kumar
1Department of Gastroenterology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Panjagutta, Hyderabad, India.
Tropical Gastroenterology : Official Journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
External biliary leak is a rare complication of biliary tract surgery. We report six cases in which postoperative biliary-cutaneous fistulae were treated successfully by endoscopic sphincterotomy and endoprosthesis placement. This procedure is safe, associated with minimum morbidity and appears to be a viable alternative to surgery in the management of biliary leaks.