Experience in transcutaneous biliary drainage for patients with mechanical jaundice of tumor genesis

This study was undertaken to estimate the efficacy of the technique of transcutaneous biliary drainage for 108 patients with mechanical jaundice of tumor genesis. Ninety-six patients underwent transcutaneous transhepatic cholangiostomy via right lateral access and 12 patients underwent drainage of the left lobe of the liver via anterior access. External-internal drainage was performed on 42 patients. Postoperative bleeding occurred in 4 patients. Cholangiostomic drainage dislocation was observed in 4 cases. The technique of drainage fixation in biliary duct during transcutaneous draining was designed. No complications related to intrahepatic drainage migration were observed using the above technique.