Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of biliary leakage with N-butyl cyanoacrylate

Gianpaolo Carrafiello; Anna Maria Ierardi; Filippo Piacentino; Larissa N Cardim

doi:10.4103/0971-3026.95398

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2012; 22(01): 19-22
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.95398

Interventional Radiology

Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of biliary leakage with N-butyl cyanoacrylate

Gianpaolo Carrafiello

Department of Radiology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

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Anna Maria Ierardi

Department of Radiology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

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Filippo Piacentino

Department of Radiology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

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Larissa N Cardim

Department of Radiology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Biliary drainage - biliary leakage - N-butyl cyanoacrylate - percutaneous embolization - transhepatic embolization

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