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Biliary Interventions

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Biliary obstruction can result from various factors, ­including tumors arising from the bile ducts, the liver or adjacent structures such as pancreatic or gastric tumors and metastatic lymphadenopathy. When severe, biliary obstruction negatively impairs the quality of life, usually from symptoms of pruritis, not to mention the risk of cholangitis and sepsis. For these patients, percutaneous cholangiography is useful to help define the point and/or cause of obstruction. Percutaneous drainage of the biliary tree also offers palliation from the devastating symptoms of obstruction.

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Arellano, R.S. (2011). Biliary Interventions. In: Non-Vascular Interventional Radiology of the Abdomen. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7732-8_6

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