CLINICAL USE OF TRANSNASAL ENDOSCOPICAL BILIARY CATHETERIZATION / 解放军医学杂志

Transnasal endoscopical biliary catheterization was done successfully in 44 cases,23 cases with complete data were reported.These cases consisted of decompression and drainage of benign and malignant biliary obstruction (12 cases),dissolution and irrigation treatment of remnants of ascaris in the biliary tract (5 cases),dissolution of gallstone (2 cases),irrigation for biliary calculi (2 cases),hemos-tasis after endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST,1 case),and the examination and culture of the bile ( 1 case).The results were satisfactory without complication.Problems concerning EST was discussed,and endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage (ERBD) and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) were compared.