Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of biliary leakage with N-butyl cyanoacrylate

Biliary leakage is a known complication after biliary surgery. In this report, we describe an uncommon treatment of a common biliary complication, wherein we used percutaneous transhepatic injection of N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) to treat a biliary leak in an 83-year-old patient.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gianpaolo Carrafiello, Anna Maria Ierardi, Filippo Piacentino, Larissa N Cardim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.95398