Abstract
A surgically introduced biliary endoprosthesis in a patient with a cholangiocarcinoma prevented extraction of a calculus in the lower common bile duct through a T-tube track. The problem was solved by the introduction of a second endoprosthesis across the ampulla of Vater through the T-tube track in order to prevent obstruction of the common bile duct by the calculus.
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Adam, A., Yeung, E., McCarthy, P. et al. Bypass of obstructing bile duct calculus by an endoprosthesis inserted via a T-tube track. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 11, 170–173 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577112
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577112