An intraoperative cholangiogram is a special kind of X ... Talk to your doctor about how much radiation you'll get during the procedure. Also tell him about any scans or treatments with radiation ...

A percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (per-kew-tay-nee-us trans-hep-attic ... This means they are asleep during the procedure. A PTC helps your doctor find out what might be causing your symptoms.

morbidity associated with the procedure, or mortality. Adequate biliary drainage should remain the principal aim of cholangiography. In the absence of clear evidence of systemic sepsis ...

Of the 800 patients scheduled for selective intraoperative cholangiography, 159 patients met eligibility criteria for the procedure, and 141 (88.9%) of these successfully underwent the procedure.