Biliary Drainage PTCD

Nov 10, 2022

Percutaneous hepatocentesis biliary drainage (PTCD) is under the guidance of X-ray or B-ultrasound, the use of special puncture needle percutaneous into the intrahepatic bile duct, then the contrast agent is directly injected into the biliary duct to make rapid development of the intrahepatic and intrahepatic bile duct, at the same time through the angiographic tube biliary drainage. It is an important treatment technique in biliary tract surgery and has been widely used in clinic.

This method is minimally invasive treatment, but there may be complications such as bile leakage, bleeding, and biliary tract infection. The coagulation function and vitamin K2-3 injection should be checked before surgery, and antibiotics should be used if necessary. It has become a common method of biliary tract treatment.

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