Education Topic: Drainages

You are shown illustrative images of percutaneous drainage of body fluid collections that help you understand its technique, risks, and benefits.

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Percutaneous aspiration or drainage of body fluids

What are body fluids? Blood is body fluid, but a natural one, and so is cerebrospinal fluid which bathes the brain and the spinal cord. There are, however, times when ill-health in specific parts of the body induces the formation of abnormal collections of fluid which, if not diagnosed and drained, will cause more problems. […]

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Decompressing and stenting obstructed biliary ducts

What is biliary decompression and stenting? The word biliary derives from the small tubes or canals in the liver called bile ducts that drain bile — which the liver makes — into the gallbladder and the intestine. These tubes branch out like a tree, with their main stem or trunk running out of the liver […]