ArticlePloS one2012
Percutaneous transhepatic balloon dilation of biliary-enteric anastomotic strictures after surgical repair of iatrogenic bile duct injuries.
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- Long-Term Impact of Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injury.Digestive surgery · 2020Pooled it
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- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy-assisted procedures for the management of postoperative benign bilioenteric anastomotic strictures with or without biliary stones.World journal of gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Outcomes of patients with hepaticojejunostomy anastomotic strictures undergoing endoscopic and percutaneous treatment.Endoscopy international open · 2023Article
- Outcome of reoperative surgery for late failure of postcholecystectomy bile duct injury repair.Updates in surgery · 2022Article
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- Indian College of Radiology and Imaging Evidence-Based Guidelines for Percutaneous Image-Guided Biliary Procedures.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2021Review
- Comparison Between Endoscopic Biliary Stenting Combined with Balloon Dilation and Balloon Dilation Alone for the Treatment of Benign Hepaticojejunostomy Anastomotic Stricture.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2020Article
- [Management of bile duct injuries].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2020Review
- Treating Biliary-Enteric Anastomotic Strictures with Enteroscopy-ERCP Requires Fewer Procedures than Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drains.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2019Article
- Biliary injuries after pancreatic surgery: interventional radiology management.Gland surgery · 2019Review
- Long-term balloon indwelling technique for the treatment of single benign biliary stricture.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2019Article
- Benign biliary strictures: prevalence, impact, and management strategies.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2019Review
- Percutaneous Management of Biliary Enteric Anastomotic Strictures: An Institutional Review.Cureus · 2018Article
- Endoscopic management of benign biliary strictures.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2015Review
- Iatrogenic hepatopancreaticobiliary injuries: a review.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2015Review
- Long-term results of oversized balloon dilation for benign anastomotic biliary strictures: initial two-center experience.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous balloon dilation of biliary-enteric anastomotic strictures resulting from surgical repair of laparoscopic cholecystectomy-related bile duct injuries. MATERIAL AND
methodsA total of 61 patients were referred to our institution from 1995 to 2010 for treatment of obstruction at the biliary-enteric anastomosis following surgical repair of laparoscopic cholecystectomy-related bile duct injuries. Of these 61 patients, 27 underwent surgical revision upon stricture diagnosis, and 34 patients were managed using balloon dilation. Of these 34 patients, 2 were lost to follow up, leaving 32 patients for analysis. The primary study objective was to determine the clinical success rate of balloon dilation of biliary-enteric anastomotic strictures. Secondary study objectives included determining anastomosis patency, rates of stricture recurrence following treatment, and morbidity.
resultsBalloon dilation of biliary-enteric anastomotic strictures was clinically successful in 21 of 32 patients (66%). Anastomotic stricture recurred in one of 21 patients (5%) after an average of 13.1 years of follow-up. Patients who were unsuccessfully managed with balloon dilation required significantly more invasive procedures (6.8 v. 3.4; p = 0.02) and were left with an indwelling biliary catheter for a significantly longer period of time (8.8 v. 2.0 months; p = 0.02) than patients whose strictures could be resolved by balloon dilation. No significant differences in the number of balloon dilations performed (p = 0.17) or in the maximum balloon diameter used (p = 0.99) were demonstrated for patients with successful or unsuccessful balloon dilation outcomes.
conclusionPercutaneous balloon dilation of anastomotic biliary strictures following surgical repair of laparoscopic cholecystectomy-related injuries may result in lasting patency of the biliary-enteric anastomosis.
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