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Immediate transbiliary embolization of a biliary-hepatic artery fistula encountered during access for percutaneous biliary drainage

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The authors describe a case in which a biliary-hepatic artery fistula was created by a glidewire perforation during percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage and was successfully treated by embolization via the transbiliary tract. Great caution should be exercised to avoid perforation when a Terumo hydrophilic glidewire is used during biliary intervention.

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  1. Nobuo Nakagawa

    Present address: Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1542 Tulane Avenue, 70112, New Orleans, LA, USA

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  1. Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, 52242, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Nobuo Nakagawa, Yasuo Nakajima, Susan M. Bird & Masato Wakabayashi

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Nakagawa, N., Nakajima, Y., Bird, S.M. et al. Immediate transbiliary embolization of a biliary-hepatic artery fistula encountered during access for percutaneous biliary drainage. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 17, 295–297 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192455

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