Gastro Sciences

Palliative Biliary SEMS

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Dr. Veerendra Sandur

Lead Consultant-Med. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Aster RV Hospital, Bengaluru

Palliative biliary SEMS ( Self Expandable Metallic Stents) in a 38 year with inoperable cholangiocarcinoma with a history of jaundice.

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 Due to the involvement of the left portal vein by tumour, an associating liver partition and portal vein ligation, could not be done. Therefore, the SEMS offered a successful alternative.


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