Abstract:Five consecutive patients with postoperative biliary fistulae or leak were diagnosed and treated successfully by endoscopic intervention. The development of the fistulae were related to distal common bile duct obstruction by stones in four patients and in one patient by hydatid daughter cysts. Endoscopic sphincterotomy with stone or cyst extractions achieved decompression of the biliary system and initiated closure of the fistulae. In two patients, nasobiliary tube was used and endoscopic endoprosthesis was ne… Show more
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