Methods Between 2007 and 2012, RVS-assisted PTBD was performed for 30 patients (19 males and 11 females; age range, 41 to 89 years; mean age, 66.9 years) with obstructive jaundice. The targeted bile duct was ...
INTRODUCTION Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) is an established nonsurgical procedure for the management of biliary obstruction, especially in patients in whom an endoscopic approach to the biliary ...