Percutaneous transhepatic Oddi-sphincter dilatation for bile duct stone removal

Abstract

i0.7months).DiscussionEightcasesofpercutaneous transhepatic balloondilatationofthesphincter ofOddi,toallowcommon ductstones topassintotheduodenum, havebeenreported [i-4].Inthreeofthesepatients, thedilatation wasperformed through aT-tubetract[1-4].Inonlyonepatient wasthedilatation per-formed viathetranshepatic route[3].Theroutewasnotspecified