Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3269792 | HPB | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography is an accurate and reliable method of demonstrating post-traumatic thoracobiliary fistulae and endoscopic biliary intervention with sphincterotomy and stenting in this situation is safe and effective. Surgery in patients with thoracobiliary fistulae should be reserved for fistulae which do not heal after endoscopic biliary stenting or for patients who have unresolved pulmonary or intra-abdominal sepsis as a result of bile leak.
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Authors
Sean Burmeister, Jake E.J. Krige, Philippus C. Bornman, Andrew J. Nicol, Pradeep Navsaria,