"Several authors have reported that internal biliary drainage is superior to external drainage," write Satoshi Kamiya, MD, from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan, and colleagues.

When endoscopic biliary access is lost, the next step is usually percutaneous, often employing an internal-external drain. Nasobiliary drains are helpful when active sepsis is appreciated during ...

internal biliary fistula, intra-abdominal collections of bile and fluid and electrolyte disturbances associated with external biliary drainage. Complications encountered in the remote ...

Patients with this condition may note a large daily amount of external biliary drainage after cholecystectomy ... in such cases an internal fistula is nearly always present between the upper ...

You have had a drain placed in your biliary system, which you will need to care for until it is removed. This will include daily flushing the tube as well as cleaning the tube site and changing the ...

“The appropriate diagnosis and management of biliary ... internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern, said. “In addition, we highlighted several controversies around the drainage ...