This x ray test involves injecting a special dye into the liver. Discomfort may exist in the upper right side of the back, hands and feet numb. The x-ray table and the patient are rotated. A fluoroscope x ray is taken.
The medical term for this procedure is "percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography" (PTC). It involves using a needle to pass through the liver to inject contrast medium into the bile ducts to visualize their structure.
The patient is prepared by giving an I.V. antibiotic, they must fast overnight, they should stop taking medications (NSAIDs) a week before the procedure and they may be given a sedative just before the test.
Possible complications after the test are itching, flushing, vomiting, fever, excessive saliva, serious allergic reactions to the dye, pain in the right abdomen/shoulder, dizziness, black or red stool.
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Angiography is an x-ray imaging technique usually used to image hearts and vessels. New imaging techniques are also available for the same purpose, for example, CT angiography and MR angiography.
Transhepatic biliary catheterization is a surgical procedure during which a catheter is inserted into the bile duct to relieve an obstruction.
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Transhepatic biliary catheterization is performed to relieve bile duct blockage. The most common reason for this procedure is to relieve obstruction from the overgrowth of cancer cells.
The percutaneous needle biopsy of the breast proved that she had adenocarcinoma.
Patients who need transhepatic biliary catheterization often suffer from additional complications of their cancer. Because of the likelihood of bleeding from the liver, this procedure should not be done on patients who.
The appropriate CPT procedure code for a percutaneous kidney biopsy using a trocar is 55040. This code specifically refers to a percutaneous kidney biopsy, which is performed to obtain kidney tissue for diagnostic purposes. It is important to ensure that the documentation supports the use of this code, including details about the procedure and the patient's condition.
The most common complication of transhepatic biliary catheterization is bleeding as a result of puncturing the liver. Infection may also result from this procedure. Sometimes the catheter itself becomes blocked and.