Parameters Influencing the Successful Outcome of Percutaneous Trans: Hepatic Balloon Dilatation of Benign Biliary Strictures
1Naveen Kumar Condati, 1Salil Karkhanis, 1Homoyoon Mehrzad, 1Robert Briard, 1Qazi Jehanzeb 1Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Background: Percutaneous trans-hepatic balloon dilatation (PTBD) is a well-known treatment strategy for benign biliary strictures (BBS), to avoid surgical revision of biliary enteric anastomoses. However, there are several parameters involved in the procedure that influence…