SCINTIGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF BILIARY LEAKAGE FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Three patients with biliary leakage following coelioscopic cholecystec tomy after percutaneous drainage of abdominal collection underwent 99m Tc TRIMETHYL-BROMO IDA biliary scintigraphy. In all cases, scintigrap hy showed the site of the leak with a good dynamic evaluation of trace r confirming the adequacy of percutaneous drainage. Two patients were treated conservatively; one underwent surgical repair of a common bile duct lesion because of the high output of bile despite nasobiliary dr ainage. Biliary scintigraphy provides useful information in case of su spicious biliary leakage after coelioscopic cholecystectomy.