Biliary leakage is a known complication after biliary surgery. In this report, we describe an uncommon treatment of a common biliary complication, wherein we used percutaneous transhepatic injection of N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) to treat a biliary leak in an 83-year-old patient.

Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of biliary leakage with N-butyl cyanoacrylate / G. Carrafiello, A.M. Ierardi, F. Piacentino, L.N. Cardim. - In: INDIAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY AND IMAGING - NEW SERIES. - ISSN 0971-3026. - 22:1(2012), pp. 19-22. [10.4103/0971-3026.95398]

Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of biliary leakage with N-butyl cyanoacrylate

G. Carrafiello
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2012

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Biliary leakage is a known complication after biliary surgery. In this report, we describe an uncommon treatment of a common biliary complication, wherein we used percutaneous transhepatic injection of N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) to treat a biliary leak in an 83-year-old patient.
Biliary drainage; biliary leakage; N-butyl cyanoacrylate; percutaneous embolization; transhepatic embolization; radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging
Settore MED/36 - Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia
2012
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