PURPOSE: To explore the opportunities to place a biliary stent under intraoperative ultrasound control in primary and secondary hepatic carcinoma.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: We used ultrasound apparatus Aloka SDD 4000+ provided with UST-MC11-8731 Aloka ultrasound electronic convex intraoperative transducer for this ultrasound-guided manipulation. We placed a biliary stent in 12 patients. Of them, five patients presented with primary hepatic carcinoma and seven ones with metastatic hepatic disease.
RESULTS: This manipulation was carried out under ultrasound control in cases of inoperability and mechanical jaundice because of hepatic malignancies.
CONCLUSION: Biliary stent placement under ultrasound control because of inoperability and mechanical jaundice in primary and secondary hepatic carcinoma is an effective interventional procedure. It can be performed easily and safely.
Scripta Scientifica Medica 2013; 45(1): 21-23.
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