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Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Interventions

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Hepatobiliary and pancreatic interventions include a diverse variety of procedures for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Liver biopsy is a common diagnostic procedure undertaken to obtain tissue samples for pathology. Percutaneous biliary drainage and cholecystostomy drainage decompresses the biliary system in patients not suitable for more invasive procedures. Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a therapeutic procedure used to induce selective ischemia of the tumor bed in hepatocellular carcinoma. This chapter describes the indication, contraindication, techniques, and complications of these common hepatobiliary and pancreatic procedures.

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We would like to thank Dr. Prasaanthan Gopee-Ramanan for his contributions to this chapter (information given on first page of chapter).

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  1. Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Eva Liu

  2. Department of Radiology, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Prasaanthan Gopee-Ramanan

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Liu, E., Gopee-Ramanan, P. (2022). Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Interventions. In: Athreya, S., Albahhar, M. (eds) Demystifying Interventional Radiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12023-7_13

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