Percutaneous transgastric cystoduodenostomy in the treatment of a pancreatic pseudocyst: a new approach

A case of an infected pseudocyst in the head of the pancreas is presented. Due to its small size and fistulization to the duodenum, a drainage catheter was placed through the fistulous tract from a distant transgastric approach. The fistula was balloon dilated to improve its emptying. Sixteen months...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 1995-11, Vol.18 (6), p.422-425
Hauptverfasser:	Bilbao, J I, Alejandre, P L, Longo, J M, de Villa, V, Larrea, J A, Beloqui, O, Lecumberri, F J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Catheterization - methods Drainage - methods Duodenal Diseases - etiology Duodenal Diseases - therapy Humans Intestinal Fistula - etiology Intestinal Fistula - therapy Male Pancreatic Pseudocyst - complications Pancreatic Pseudocyst - diagnostic imaging Pancreatic Pseudocyst - therapy Radiography Radiology, Interventional - methods
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Zusammenfassung:	A case of an infected pseudocyst in the head of the pancreas is presented. Due to its small size and fistulization to the duodenum, a drainage catheter was placed through the fistulous tract from a distant transgastric approach. The fistula was balloon dilated to improve its emptying. Sixteen months later the patient remains asymptomatic with no recurrence of the pseudocyst.
ISSN:	0174-1551 1432-086X
DOI:	10.1007/BF00338315