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Interventional procedure via percutaneous transhepatic route is often performed, as an initial treatment, in patients with benign bilioenteric anastomotic stricture. However, surgical management is required in most cases in which radiological intervention is unsuccessful.
A pancreaticoduodenectomy, also known as a Whipple procedure, is a major surgical operation most often performed to remove cancerous tumours from the head of the pancreas. It is also used for the treatment of pancreatic or duodenal trauma, or chronic pancreatitis . [2]
IN 1948 Longmire and Sanford1 described the technic of intrahepatic cholangiojejunostomy for relief of biliary-tract obstruction due to extensive destruction of the extrahepatic ducts.
Longmire’s example and commonly uses the left hepatic duct as a decompressive site for percutaneous transhepatic biliary tube placement to decompress the biliary tree.
Methods: Reported cases of three patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of the hepatic bifurcation presenting obstructive jaundice and underwent surgical bypass the technique of Longmire. Results: Most patients with cholangiocarcinoma diagnosed from the 5th decade of life.
Jan 1, 2015 · Longmire’s procedure, in which the left lateral section of the liver is transected laterally and anastomosed to jejunum, is rarely used these days, but it can be life-saving in selected patients.
Jan 1, 2010 · [Show full abstract] the time of open exploration can be treated with a palliative surgical biliary bypass such as modified Longmire technique.Methods: Eighteen (18) cases with unresectable hilar...
