Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI, also known as coronary angioplasty) is a minimally invasive procedure in which tiny metal tubes called stents are inserted into partially blocked coronary ...

The stent can also be put in place through the skin during a percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC). (See Tests for Pancreatic Cancer.) The biliary stent helps keep the bile duct open even if ...

LOS ANGELES, CA—Among patients needing both aortic valve replacement and coronary revascularization, surgery is associated with lower morbidity and mortality compared with percutaneous methods, ...

Jay N. Yepuri, MD, MS, FACG, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and member of the Digestive Health Associates of Texas Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Primary sclerosing ...

Efficacy and safety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) vs percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) for cholangiocarcinoma biliary obstruction: An updated systematic ...

A percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (per-kew-tay-nee-us trans-hep-attic col-an-jee-o-gram) is a way of looking at your bile ducts using x-rays. This test is also called a PTC. You may have a ...

Percutaneous transhepatic puncture is then performed with a 17G × ... through a peripheral branch of the bile duct. That is followed by cholangiography to visualize the exact location of the ...

by putting a small tube in your bile duct to keep it open - this is called a stent passing a thin tube called a catheter through your skin and into your liver - a radiologist does this during a ...

Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography (PTC) is useful in accessing the biliary tree when a high-grade stricture precludes endoscopic visualization or when prior surgery makes endoscopic access ...

This tube (or stent) may be left in place to keep the duct open. Tissue samples may also be taken. Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC): A procedure used to x-ray the liver and bile ducts.