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Intrahepatic Biliary Tract Interventional Radiology

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Imaging of the Liver and Intra-hepatic Biliary Tract

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This chapter focuses on the technical aspects of diagnostic cholangiography and nonvascular interventional procedures on the liver, such as percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, biliary stenting, percutaneous transhepatic biliary stone removal, and percutaneous cholecystostomy.

Technique, indications, contraindications, and complications are discussed for each procedure.

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    Alessandro Rago, Francesca Zavan, Sofia Moschi, Paolo De Vincentis, Filippo Crimí & Emilio Quaia

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Rago, A., Zavan, F., Moschi, S., De Vincentis, P., Crimí, F., Quaia, E. (2021). Intrahepatic Biliary Tract Interventional Radiology. In: Quaia, E. (eds) Imaging of the Liver and Intra-hepatic Biliary Tract. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38983-3_9

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