ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY AND ENDOBILIARY STENTING IN THE TREATMENT OF BILIARY INJURY RESULTING FROM LIVER TRAUMA

Citation
Ma. Jenkins et Jl. Ponsky, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY AND ENDOBILIARY STENTING IN THE TREATMENT OF BILIARY INJURY RESULTING FROM LIVER TRAUMA, Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy, 5(2), 1995, pp. 118-120
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
10517200
Volume
5
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
118 - 120
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-7200(1995)5:2<118:ERCAES>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Two patients with the bile duct injury secondary to blunt liver trauma are presented. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) proved to be a useful diagnostic and therapeutic modality in the treat ment of these patients. This report advocates the use of ERCP and endo biliary stenting in the management of biliary injury resulting from li ver trauma.