Successful treatment of intractable bronchobiliary fistula using long-term biliary stenting

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-209

  Katsinelos, Panagiotis ^a   Paroutoglou, George ^a   Chatzimavroudis, Grigoris ^b   Beltsis, Athanasios ^a   Mimidis, Kostas ^a   Katsinelos, Taxiarchis ^a   Pilpilidis, Ioannis ^a   Papaziogas, Basilis ^b  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biliary plastic stent; Bronchobiliary fistula; Endoscopic treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BILE DUCT FISTULA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOBILIARY FISTULA; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STENT; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; BILIARY FISTULA; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; STENTS;

EID: 34250878465     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e318058822d     Document Type: Article

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