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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology 2018; 2(01): 29-32
DOI: 10.4103/AJIR.AJIR_20_17
Case Report

Extra-anatomic “Rendezvous” Technique in Management of Biliary Complications Following Liver Surgery: A Technical Note

Wafa Boughanmi
Department of Medical Imaging, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
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Haytham Derbel
Department of Medical Imaging, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
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Yann Lebaleur
Department of Gastro-enterology, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
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Melanie Chiaradia
Department of Medical Imaging, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
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Vania Tacher
Department of Medical Imaging, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
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Hicham Kobeiter
Department of Medical Imaging, Henri Mondor Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est Creteil University, Créteil, France
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We describe extra-anatomic “rendezvous” technique for the management of bile leak associated with biliary stricture following hepatic surgery in two patients. In the procedure, the endoscopic guidewire was snared from the biloma cavity and pulled through the percutaneous access allowing for a drain to be placed. Both procedures were technically successful.

Bile leak - biliary stricture - biloma - rendezvous


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Article published online:
26 March 2021

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