caa a22 4500 475755502 CHVBK 20180406123536.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s002470000267 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s002470000267 External and internal-external biliary drainage in children with malignant obstructive jaundice [Elektronische Daten] [D. J. Roebuck, P. Stanley] Background. Obstructive jaundice is an uncommon but important clinical problem in children with cancer. Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage is widely used to relieve malignant biliary obstruction in adults, but its use in children has not been well described.¶Materials and methods. Six patients aged between 1 and 17 years underwent external or internal-external biliary drainage to relieve malignant obstructive jaundice. Biochemical, haematological and microbiological parameters were measured before the procedure and repeated 7-9 days later.¶Results. External or internal-external biliary drainage was technically successful in all patients. No patient developed clinically significant biliary sepsis. Asymptomatic duodenal perforation occurred in one patient with bulky duodenal tumour following conversion from external to internal-external drainage.¶Conclusions. External biliary drainage may be successfully performed in children with malignant obstructive jaundice. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Roebuck D. J. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, China, CN aut Stanley P. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, US aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470000267 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470000267 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roebuck D. J. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, China, CN aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stanley P. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, US aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer