Digestive Diseases and Sciences

, Volume 24, Issue 11, pp 849–857 | Cite as

Percutaneously placed biliary stents in the management of malignant biliary obstruction

  • Donald P. Harrington
  • Klemens H. Barth
  • Willis C. Maddrey
  • Stephen L. Kaufman
  • John L. Cameron
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Abstract

The malagement of malignant obstruction of the biliary tree is difficult and often unsuccessful. Advances in the technique of percutaneous transhepatic catheterization have made possible the nonoperativeiinternal drainage of obstructed lesions. We report successful decompression of ten patients with unresectable biliary neoplasms using percutaneously placed internal biliary stents.

Keywords

Public Health Biliary Obstruction Biliary Tree Biliary Stents Malignant Biliary Obstruction 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Donald P. Harrington
    • 1
    • 2
  • Klemens H. Barth
    • 1
    • 2
  • Willis C. Maddrey
    • 1
    • 2
  • Stephen L. Kaufman
    • 1
    • 2
  • John L. Cameron
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiologic Sciencesthe Johns Hopkins Medical InstitutionsBaltimore
  2. 2.Department of Surgery and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Medical InstitutionsBaltimore

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