Tripoli University Hospital (TUH) reported today that its medical team in the Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy Department successfully performing an ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) over the past two days.
This was done by placing a biliary stent in a 59-year-old patient suffering from biliary obstruction caused by a tumour at the biliary duct bifurcation (Klatskin tumour).
The hospital said this was a new medical milestone for its department.
TUH reported that the procedure was carried out despite the case's complexity and high-risk nature, given the patient's chronic diabetes and medical history—which included a previous heart attack and coronary artery stent placement—as well as reduced cardiac function (ejection fraction) of 35–40%.
The medical team successfully completed the procedure without complications. The intervention aimed to drain bile, alleviate jaundice symptoms, and improve the patient's quality of life; the patient is currently in stable condition and is being monitored by the Gastroenterology Department.
This success, TUH said, comes within the framework of its continuous efforts to enhance specialized medical services and provide advanced healthcare in accordance with the highest professional standards.
Localisation of healthcare
It also comes within the scope of the Tripoli government’s localisation of medical care policy – to provide medical care locally rather less conveniently for citizens and more expensively for citizens and the state abroad.