Percutaneous retrieval of a fractured biliary guidewire from a reduced liver graft

Pediatr Radiol. 1997 Mar;27(3):253-4. doi: 10.1007/s002470050115.

Abstract

We describe a unique case of percutaneous retrieval of a broken guidewire in the biliary tree of a patient with a biliary stricture following liver transplantation with a reduced segment 2,3 graft using an Amplatz "goose-neck" snare.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bile Ducts* / pathology
  • Biliary Atresia / surgery
  • Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Equipment Failure
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Punctures
  • Radiography
  • Radiology, Interventional