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Reports outline radiology research from University of Athens

Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, November 4th, 2008

"Percutaneous biliary drainage procedures in patients with nondilated ducts are demanding, resulting in lower success rates than in patients with bile duct dilatation," researchers in Greece report.

"Pertinent clinical settings include patients with iatrogenic bile leaks, diffuse cholangiocarcinomas, and sclerosing cholangitis," wrote E.N. Brountzos and colleagues, University of Athens.

The researchers concluded: "We describe a method to facilitate these procedures with the combined use of a 2.7-Fr microcatheter and a 0.018-in. hydrophilic wire."

Brountzos and colleagues published their study in Cardiovascular and...

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