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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-4-16
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| pubmed:abstractText |
An articulated T tube has been devised to simplify percutaneous replacement. Because the crosspiece and the stem are held together with sutures, they can be aligned over a catheter and guide wire for atraumatic insertion into the bile duct. By pulling the suture taut, the articulated T tube is easily reconstituted. A second suture can be attached to the proximal limb of the crosspiece to extract it end-on at a latter date without enlarging the tract. This articulated tube has been found very useful for safely replacing T tubes that have fallen out of immature tracts (n = 2) and inserting T tubes in tumor-encased bile ducts either via an existing T-tube tract (n = 1) or transhepatically (n = 1). This design extends the usefulness of T tubes for efficient intra- or extrahepatic bile duct drainage.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Nov
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| pubmed:issn |
1051-0443
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
1
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
113-6
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1990
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Drainage of bile ducts with an articulated T tube.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Case Reports
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