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Flushing of Internalized Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage Catheters (FLUSH)
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) is a drainage method for biliary obstruction. Patients with a PTBD catheter often need multiple re-interventions because of symptoms of catheter obstruction such as pain, jaundice, pruritus, leakage and/or fever. The onset of these symptoms results in hospital visits, opening of the external catheter of an internal external PTBD and re-interventions. The investigators hypothesize that daily flushing of an internal external biliary catheter will increase the time-to-symptom-onset.
Details
| Lead sponsor | Erasmus Medical Center |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | UNKNOWN |
| Enrolment | 38 |
| Start date | Wed Jun 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Completion | Tue Jul 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
Conditions
- Bile Duct Obstruction
Interventions
- Flushing of PTBD catheter
Countries
Netherlands