Intrahepatic biliary stone disease is a difficult condition to treat, due to anatomical complexity of biliary tract, association with colestasis, and high recurrence rates, with potential short- and ...

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Gallbladder polyps are abnormal growths inside the gallbladder, the small organ in the upper right abdomen that stores digestive bile. Inflammation, cholesterol, abnormal cell growth, and, in rare ...

You may have a PTC to help diagnose cancers such as bile duct cancer and gall bladder cancer. A PTC can also be used to unblock bile ducts and help with jaundice. The doctor uses a needle and tube to ...

Researchers have found in a new study that pre-operative ultrasound showing isolated common bile duct (CBD) dilation does not increase the risk of choledocholithiasis (CD) compared to normal CBD ...

A coroner has identified two opportunities that could have prevented the death of a 76-year-old woman who was being treated at Clare Hospital. Kathleen Ethel Salter died from multi-organ failure and ...

The optimal use of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic approaches for emergency gallbladder surgery is not well-defined. Rates of bile duct injury were similar with both surgical approaches, a large ...

AN ACCURATE examination of the common duct should be a part of every operation on the extrahepatic biliary tract, except in the few cases in which the surgeon can be certain that the disease is ...

Introduction Use of the Intraoperative cholangiogram (IOC) was introduced by Mirizzi in 1931, who recommended its routine use. Currently, routine IOC during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) remains a ...

Your doctor puts a needle through the skin of your tummy (abdomen) into your liver and bile ducts. They inject a special dye (contrast medium) and take x-rays. The contrast medium makes it easier for ...