Extra-anatomic “Rendezvous” Technique in Management of Biliary Complications Following Liver Surgery: A Technical Note

Wafa Boughanmi; Haytham Derbel; Yann Lebaleur; Melanie Chiaradia; Vania Tacher; Hicham Kobeiter

doi:10.4103/AJIR.AJIR_20_17

The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology 2018; 2(01): 29-32
DOI: 10.4103/AJIR.AJIR_20_17

Case Report

Extra-anatomic “Rendezvous” Technique in Management of Biliary Complications Following Liver Surgery: A Technical Note

Authors

Wafa Boughanmi

Department of Medical Imaging, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
Haytham Derbel

Department of Medical Imaging, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
Yann Lebaleur

Department of Gastro-enterology, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
Melanie Chiaradia

Department of Medical Imaging, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
Vania Tacher

Department of Medical Imaging, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
Hicham Kobeiter

Department of Medical Imaging, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France

Abstract

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We describe extra-anatomic “rendezvous” technique for the management of bile leak associated with biliary stricture following hepatic surgery in two patients. In the procedure, the endoscopic guidewire was snared from the biloma cavity and pulled through the percutaneous access allowing for a drain to be placed. Both procedures were technically successful.

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