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. 1996;3(1):67–72. doi: 10.1155/DTE.3.67

Endoscopic Treatment of Postoperative External Biliary Fistula in a Patient Operated on for Hepatic Injury Due to Multiple Trauma

Marco de Monti 3,4,✉, Davide Sonnino 1, Marina Gorziglia 1, Giorgio Redaelll 1, Marcello Scarpis 2
PMCID: PMC2362545  PMID: 18493419

Abstract

After surgery for hepatic injury as a result of blunt abdominal trauma from a motorcycle accident, an external biliary fistula developed in a young patient. The authors describe the rapid and complete healing of the fistula by use of a nasobiliary catheter. These findings emphasize the importance of endoscopic operative technique for postoperative and traumatic external biliary fistulas.

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