NUR 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Common Bile Duct, Biliary Tract, Cholecystectomy
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It"s a t-shaped tube that is placed in the bile duct to help drain excessive bile and can be used for testing to assess the biliary tree and ducts. What would a patient have a t-tube: cholecystectomy: it"s sometimes placed after the removal of the gallbladder. It may be performed during a cholecystectomy, especially if gallstones were the cause for the removal of the gallbladder. A t-tube will be placed to help out the duct as it heals and swelling decreases, and then it will be removed: liver transplant. It will serve as a drain that will drain off excessive bile and will be removed once healing has taken place. It can also be used for testing where dye is injected into the t-tube and x-ray imaging is taken (cholangiogram) to assess the biliary tree and duct like the picture below. Now, let"s talk about nursing care and those main concepts you need to know for exams about t-tubes.
