Methods: Between February 1995 and February 2001, 24 patients who underwent surgical resection for dilations of the bile duct (peripheral and hilar) without visible mass lesion on US or CT were ...

Liver resection is recommended to treat some types of cancer originating in the liver (hepatocellular cancer, bile duct cancer, and gallbladder cancer), and occasionally benign liver tumors that are ...

In Case 16 this growth extended submucosally up the bile duct through the margin of resection; this extension was not visible on gross inspection of the lining of the biliary tract. An indication ...

T1: Tumor confined to the bile duct, with extension up to the muscle ... Either imaging modality is appropriate prior to operative resection in order to clearly delineate the arterial, venous ...

Biliary tract cancer (BTC), a rare malignancy that grows within the bile ducts and gallbladder, grows very aggressively.  The ...

This device disrupts the liver parenchyma at the resection site, allowing ligation and division of the vessels and bile duct branches. The resected mass showed signs of hemorrhage within the ...

Surgical resection remains the primary treatment ... A type of cancer that originates from the ampulla of Vater, where the bile duct and pancreatic duct meet and empty into the duodenum.