Emmanuel Christoforidis, Konstantinos Vasiliadis, Ioannis Goulimaris, Konstantinos Tsalis, Ioannis Kanellos, Tea Papachilea, Eleni Tsorlini, Dimitrios Betsis
BACKGROUND: Bilomas are localized collections of bile occurring usually post-operatively from an injured cystic or bile duct. Our study aims to evaluate the efficacy of minimal access endoscopic and percutaneous modalities in treating symptomatic bile leak and biloma formation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Sixteen patients with biloma after open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy underwent assessment of the site and extent of the bile leak via endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC)...
August 2007: Journal of Surgical Research