Figure 1

Schematic diagram of ‘T’ tube and balloon placement. The reconstructed hepatic bile duct was sutured with the jejunum by end-to-side anastomosis. The ‘T’ tube was inserted with each end extended into the left and right hepatic bile ducts respectively. The ‘T’ tube was fixed to the internal wall of the bile ducts. Balloons were inserted following ‘T’ tube placement and fixed to the ‘T’ tube. The balloons passed through the anastomotic stoma with one end in the enteric cavity and the other stretching into the left or right hepatic bile duct.