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Chirurgia 2014 February;27(1):29-33

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language: English

Treatment of decompensated liver cirrhosis complicating choledocholithiasis under radiotherapy and ultrasonography guidance

Kong D. ¹, Gu W. ², Lu S. ^{1, 2}, Guo Q. ¹, Lai W. ¹, Wu J. ¹, Lin D. ¹

¹ General Surgery Department Capital Medical University affiliated Beijing Youan Hospital Beijing, China; ² Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

The article introduced a new minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder cholangio-drainage (PTGCD) to the patient of decompensated liver cirrhosis complicating choledocholithiasis. A detail procedure of PTGCD was displayed and discussed in the article to treat a patient who suffered from choledocholithiasis with decompensated liver cirrhosis.