• Center of General Surgery, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu 610083, Sichuan Province, China;
WANGTao, Email: watopo@163.com
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Objective To analyze the cause of complications for patients with advanced malignant biliary obstruc-tion treated with percutaneous transhepatic implantation of biliary stent (PTBS) and summarize the experiences of comp-lications of the treatment. Method The complications of 59 patients firstly treated with percutaneous transhepatic cholangial drainage (PTCD) then with PTBS in 156 cases of advanced malignant biliary obstruction from January 2010 to January 2013 in this hospital were analyzed retrospectively. Results Fifty-nine cases of complications were occurred in 156 cases of advanced malignant biliary obstruction, the incidence was 37.8%, including biliary infection in 26 cases, bile duct bleeding in 17 cases, liver failure in 5 cases, renal failure in 4 cases, acute pancreatitis in 4 cases, stent displa-cement in 2 cases, bile duct perforation in 1 case.Three cases died in 59 patients with complications, 56 cases were improved after symptomatic treatment. Conclusion PTCD combined with PTBS is a safe and effective treatment of advanced malignant biliary obstruction, the reasonable perioperative management is very important to reduce the occurrence of complications.

Citation: WANGHua, WANGTao, TANGLi-jun. Cause and Management of Complications of PTCD Combined with Percutaneous Transhepatic Implantation of Biliary Stent in Treating for Advanced Malignant Biliary Obstruction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2014, 21(11): 1421-1424. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20140338 Copy

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