[Therapy of traumatic hemobilia].

Abstract

Haematobilia is caused by a pathological linking of the arterial vascular system and intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts. This report presents the case of a traumatic haematobilia in a child. Possibilities to achieve safe diagnosis are discussed and suggestions for treatment are considered. In the case presented here, occlusion of the arteriobiliar shunt is effected by means of a rejectable balloon catheter according to Serbinenko. This method has been successfully tried in neurosurgery and developed further, and can be applied to similar disease patterns in disciplines other than neurosurgery.