Successful endoscopic management of bronchobiliary fistula due to radiofrequency ablation

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3178-3180

  Tran, Thomas ^a,b   Hampel, Howard ^a   Qureshi, Waqar A ^a   Shaib, Yasser ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary stent; Bronchobiliary fistula; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic sphincterectomy; Hepatic iminodiacetic acid; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRONCHOBILIARY FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BILIARY FISTULA; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34848853632     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9331-x     Document Type: Article

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