the duodenal stricture might necessitate balloon dilation (with caution for the risk of perforation) for proper duodenoscope positioning and eventual biliary stent placement followed by duodenal ...

Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US ...

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), also known as primary biliary cirrhosis, is a chronic and progressive disease that damages and can eventually destroy the bile ducts of the liver. Researchers ...