Biliary drain
A thin tube through your skin and liver drains a blocked bile duct into a bag or into your bowel.
Renders of this model are on their way.
Colour key
Coming with the model.
Status
- 3D model
- In progress.
- To come, from the same files as the on-screen model.
- Patient guide
- 12 steps in 5 parts, draft awaiting clinical review.
- Licence and credits
- To come with the model.
The story the model tells
- 1Your liver makes bile, and small tubes carry it to your bowelWhat it treats
- 2A stone, a narrowing or a tumour can block the ductWhat it treats
- 3Trapped bile turns your skin and eyes yellowWhat it treats
- 4A tube gives the bile a way outHow it works
- 5What the drain and bag look likeHow it works
- 6Before you come inThe procedure
- 7Relaxed and numbed, a thin needle finds a bile ductThe procedure
- 8A wire guides the drain past the blockageThe procedure
- 9The drain is fixed to your skin and joined to a bagThe procedure
- 10Check, flush, empty and write it downLiving with your drain
- 11Capping, tube changes, and maybe a stentLiving with your drain
- 12Risks, explained plainlyRisks