Unfortunately, this has led to an increase in the incidence of major bile duct injuries (BDI). Several studies have evaluated the long-term management of patients with BDI but few have focused on ...

Detailed information regarding the type of surgery as well as laboratory parameters at the initial diagnosis of bile duct injury are shown in Table 2. Bile leakages and biliary strictures were ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;24(5):762-769. The use of endoscopic therapy to manage post-surgical bile duct leaks is well established in clinical practice. However, in literature, there is no ...

FOR the 6,000 people in the UK who are newly diagnosed with bile duct cancer every year, the prognosis is uniquely grim. According to data from Cancer Research UK, up to 70 per cent of all these ...