Postoperative Biliary Ascariasis: Presentation and Management—Experience

Subsequent to preoperative and perioperative indications the common bile duct was explored in 705 patients over a 12‐year period, from January 1983 to December 1994. Consequent postoperative T‐tube cholangiography revealed the presence of worms in 22 patients. Expulsion of the worms followed T‐tube...

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Published in:World journal of surgery 2000-09, Vol.24 (9), p.1143-1145
Main Authors: Wani, Nazir A., Shah, Omar J., Naqash, Sameer H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ascariasis
Ascariasis - diagnostic imaging
Ascariasis - surgery
Biliary Tract Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Biliary Tract Diseases - parasitology
Biliary Tract Diseases - surgery
Biological and medical sciences
Cholangiography
Diseases caused by nematodes
Helminthic diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Liver, biliary tract, pancreas, portal circulation, spleen
Medical sciences
Parasitic diseases
Prospective Studies
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the digestive system
Tropical medicine
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Summary:Subsequent to preoperative and perioperative indications the common bile duct was explored in 705 patients over a 12‐year period, from January 1983 to December 1994. Consequent postoperative T‐tube cholangiography revealed the presence of worms in 22 patients. Expulsion of the worms followed T‐tube irrigation with 0.9% normal saline in 18 patients. Only one patient had to be reexplored to remove the ascaris. In two patients the worm was removed along with the T‐tube, and in one patient the worm came out through the T‐tube tract.
ISSN:0364-2313
1432-2323
DOI:10.1007/s002680010187