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- Title
Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage in a Two-Month-Old Infant with Inspissated Bile Syndrome.
- Authors
Sung Hui Chang; Seung-Moon Joo; Choon-Sik Yoon; Kwang-Hun Lee; Soon Min Lee
- Abstract
Inspissated bile syndrome (IBS) is a relatively rare condition. Many treatment options are available, including medication, surgery, and surgical interventions, such as insertion of cholecystostomy drain, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, internal biliary drainage, and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD). We herein report the first case of IBS that was successfully treated with PTBD in a two-month-old infant in Korea. PTBD was initiated on postnatal day 72. On postnatal day 105, we confirmed complete improvement and successfully removed the catheters. This report suggests that PTBD is a viable and safe treatment option for obstructive jaundice in very young infants.
- Subjects
INFANT diseases; POSTNATAL care; ULTRASONIC imaging; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; GALLBLADDER surgery
- Publication
Yonsei Medical Journal, 2018, Vol 59, Issue 7, p904
- ISSN
0513-5796
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3349/ymj.2018.59.7.904