Ultrasonography and hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the assessment of biliary-enteric anastomoses. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Twenty-three patients with surgical diversion of the biliary tract were serially studied with ultrasonography and hepatobiliary scintigraphy using 99mTc-HIDA or 99mTc-disofenin. Refluxed biliary air resulted in nondiagnostic sonograms in 14% of cases. Persistent postoperative dilatation was present in five patients (22%). Scintigraphy allowed differentiation of biliary dilatation with obstruction from nonobstructed dilatation. By coordinating the noninvasive imaging results, those patients requiring study using direct injection of contrast material may be selected.

publication date

  • October 1, 1982

Research

keywords

  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic
  • Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures
  • Cholestasis
  • Duodenum
  • Jejunum
  • Ultrasonography

Identity

PubMed ID

  • 6812157

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 145

issue

  • 1