Thoracoscopic surgery for bronchobiliary fistula: a case report

The bronchobiliary fistula is an abnormal interconnection between the biliary tract and bronchial trees. It is rare but troublesome. The management of such fistula is a challenge. Surgical intervention is considered after failure of conservative treatment. Here we presented the successful video-assi...

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Autores principales: Kuo, Yen-Shou, Lee, Shih-Chun, Chang, Hung, Hsieh, Chung-Bao, Huang, Tsai-Wang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25230847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-014-0139-z
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Sumario:The bronchobiliary fistula is an abnormal interconnection between the biliary tract and bronchial trees. It is rare but troublesome. The management of such fistula is a challenge. Surgical intervention is considered after failure of conservative treatment. Here we presented the successful video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for secondary bronchobiliary fistula in 68-year-old hepatocellular carcinoma patient. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13019-014-0139-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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