Endoscopic ultrasound-guided rendezvous for extrahepatic bile duct recanalization after surgical transection.

Dr. Juan J. Vila is a consultant for Boston Scientific and has lectured for Olympus and Cook Endoscopy. We report a case in which extrahepatic bile duct transection was successfully managed with a purely endoscopic approach combining EUS-guided rendezvous and ERCP, which, so far as we know, has not been described previously. Extraluminal percutaneous-endoscopic rendezvous with a self-expanding metal stent for restoring continuity in major bile duct injury: a case series. [Extracted from the article]