Percutaneous biliary drainage as an initial therapy in sepsis of the biliary tract
Gould, R.J.; Vogelzang, R.L.; Neiman, H.L.; Pearl, G.J.; Poticha, S.M.
Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics 160(6): 523-527
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-6087 PMID: 4002108 Document Number: 245833
Percutaneous biliary drainage offers a rapid, low-risk, effective method of decompressing the biliary tract in the patient with cholangitis and sepsis. A definite surgical procedure can be delayed until the patient is stabilized. The procedure provides anatomic detail that can be used to plan surgical treatment. In some patients who do not have surgically correctable lesions, operation can be avoided altogether.