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Percutaneous intraluminal US in the gallbladder and bile ducts
- Source :
- Radiology. 182(3)
- Publication Year :
- 1992
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Abstract
- The authors describe their initial experience with a dedicated intraluminal ultrasound (US) device that was coupled to a catheter and introduced percutaneously into the gallbladder and/or bile ducts. Access was created with interventional radiologic techniques in 22 patients and at laparoscopy in four patients. Thirty-one examinations in 26 patients revealed information on normal anatomy, pathologic processes, and responses to therapy. The pathologic processes seen included bile duct and gallbladder debris, stones, ductal strictures, and tumors. Additional information provided with this technique over other diagnostic studies included differentiation of intraluminal filling defects, examination of areas inaccessible to conventional imaging, and observations about the walls of the ducts and gallbladder. Percutaneous US examination of metallic stents within the bile ducts and of filling defects in the ducts at laparoscopic cholecystectomy was of particular interest and altered subsequent therapy. The procedure is simple, straightforward, and devoid of complications. While refinements and improvements are needed, this diagnostic technique holds promise.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Percutaneous
Transducers
Bile Duct Diseases
Gallbladder Diseases
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Laparoscopy
Aged
Ultrasonography
Aged, 80 and over
medicine.diagnostic_test
Normal anatomy
business.industry
Bile duct
Gallbladder
Ultrasound
Equipment Design
Middle Aged
Catheter
medicine.anatomical_structure
Biliary tract
Female
Radiology
Bile Ducts
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00338419
- Volume :
- 182
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....773de069493cf0fe6d96590f3c9de320