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Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy and Lithotripsy for Intrahepatic Biliary Stones and Sclerosing Cholangitis Secondary to Kasai Procedure for Biliary Atresia: A Case Report

Received: 1 April 2019     Accepted: 23 April 2019     Published: 20 May 2019
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Abstract

The primary therapy for biliary atresia is a surgical hepatic portoenterostomy, known as Kasai procedure, which has been shown to reduce mortality. Patients that undergo this procedure often develop complications such as ascending cholangitis and biliary cirrhosis. In case of recurrent cholangitis, surgical revision and percutaneous biliary drainage are the most used techniques, while in rare cases endoscopic retrograde cholangiopan­creatography (ERCP) has been used. Here we report a case of a patient with intrahepatic lithiasis and secondary sclerosing cholangitis after Kasai procedure, successfully treated with percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy (PTCS)-assisted lithotripsy.

Published in Journal of Surgery (Volume 7, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.js.20190702.14
Page(s) 41-45
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Keywords

Biliary Atresia, Kasai Procedure, Lithotripsy, Sclerosing Cholangitis, Case Report

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    Gkekas Ioannis, Fagerström Niklas, Waldthaler Alexander, Laustsen Jesper, Arnelo Urban. (2019). Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy and Lithotripsy for Intrahepatic Biliary Stones and Sclerosing Cholangitis Secondary to Kasai Procedure for Biliary Atresia: A Case Report. Journal of Surgery, 7(2), 41-45. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.js.20190702.14

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    Gkekas Ioannis; Fagerström Niklas; Waldthaler Alexander; Laustsen Jesper; Arnelo Urban. Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy and Lithotripsy for Intrahepatic Biliary Stones and Sclerosing Cholangitis Secondary to Kasai Procedure for Biliary Atresia: A Case Report. J. Surg. 2019, 7(2), 41-45. doi: 10.11648/j.js.20190702.14

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    Gkekas Ioannis, Fagerström Niklas, Waldthaler Alexander, Laustsen Jesper, Arnelo Urban. Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy and Lithotripsy for Intrahepatic Biliary Stones and Sclerosing Cholangitis Secondary to Kasai Procedure for Biliary Atresia: A Case Report. J Surg. 2019;7(2):41-45. doi: 10.11648/j.js.20190702.14

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Author Information
  • Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institute at Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Functional Unit GI Endoscopy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Functional Unit GI Endoscopy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institute at Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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