Patients Radiation Exposure in Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage (PTBD) Procedures

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-03-15

Study Completion Date

2018-10-15

Brief Summary

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Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) procedures are associated with an elevated radiation exposure for the patient. In the recently published guideline of the Federal Ofﬁce for Radiation Protection in Germany diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for dose area products (DAP) are not defined for PTBD procedures due to insufficient data. The aim of this retrospective study is to give a nation-wide survey on patients radiation exposure in different PTBD procedures considering factors that may have an impact on increased radiation exposure like fluoroscopic-guided versus ultrasound-guided bile duct puncture.

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Detailed Description

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Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) procedures are associated with an elevated radiation exposure for the patient. Usually, radiation exposure in radiological interventions is measured by the dose area product (DAP). Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) are based on the third quartiles (Q3) of the pooled dose area product (DAP) for the known interventional procedures. They have been introduced in the 1980s by the International Commission on Radiological Protection's (ICRP's) to reduce patients radiation exposure. In the recently published guideline of the Federal Ofﬁce for Radiation Protection in Germany in 2016 DRLs are not defined for PTBD procedures due to insufficient data. Procedure complexity due to different techniques, patient anatomy, lesion characteristics and disease severity makes it difficult to define DRLs in this fluoroscopy-guided intervention. The ICRP recently published some recommendations on DRLs in medical imaging including radiological interventions. As DRLs are often missing in this field, it was suggested to analyze national data sets comprising dosimetric data from a large number of facilities. The aim of this retrospective study is to give a nation-wide survey on patients radiation exposure in different PTBD procedures considering factors that may have an impact on increased or decreased radiation exposure like fluoroscopic-guided versus ultrasound-guided bile duct puncture. A questionnaire was sent to 200 gastroenterological and radiological departments in university and non-university hospitals to analyze the last 10 - 30 consecutively performed PTBD procedures.

Conditions

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Radiation Exposure

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Percutaneous biliary drainage

The initial puncture of the bile duct with an access needle is performed by ultrasound guidance or by fluoroscopic guidance. After injection of the radiopaque contrast media into the bile duct system the rest of the examination is performed by fluoroscopic guidance. All different PTBD procedures are analyzed: insertion, exchange or removal of a plastic catheter, metal stent implantation, PTBD with cholangioscopy, PTBD with ballon dilatation, PTBD with lithotrypsy or diagnostic percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 10 up to 30 consecutively performed PTBDs are documented in the study center
* body weight of the examined patients is about 60 - 80 kilogramms
* returned questionaire is complete in regard to DAP, fluoroscopy time, number of still images, characters of the intervention, characterization of the fluoroscopy device (manufacturer, date of first registration)