Complications of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and biliary drainage, a multicenter observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Over 2500 percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and biliary drainage (PTCD) procedures are yearly performed in the Netherlands. Most interventions are performed for treatment of biliary obstruction following unsuccessful endoscopic biliary cannulation. Our aim was to evaluate complication rates and risk factors for complications in PTCD patients after failed ERCP.

Methods

We performed an observational study collecting data from a cohort that was subjected to PTCD during a 5-year period in one academic and four teaching hospitals. Primary objective was the development of infectious (sepsis, cholangitis, abscess, or cholecystitis) and non-infectious complications (bile leakage, severe hemorrhage, etc.) and mortality within 30 days of the procedure. Subsequently,

SUBMITTER: Turan AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9388415 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature