Percutaneous techniques in the liver and biliary system: recent advances

Adam, A.

British Journal of Hospital Medicine 42(2): 102-110

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0007-1064
PMID: 2670023
Document Number: 333217
Recent advances in catheter and guidewire technology have allowed interventional radiologists to refine and extend methods of percutaneous hepatobiliary intervention. Liver biopsy can be followed by embolization of the track with steel coils to prevent bleeding. Biliary obstruction can be managed with self-expanding metallic endoprostheses with decreased occlusion and migration rates.

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