Bile duct inflammation and scarring, known as cholangiopathies, can disrupt bile flow, leading to liver damage and ...

In Medicare beneficiaries with varying levels of risk for adverse postoperative outcomes, the rate of bile duct injury is three times higher with robotic-assisted cholecystectomy than with ...

What Is Metastatic Bile Duct Cancer and Its Causes? Bile duct cancer – also called cholangiocarcinoma – is a rare condition. When you have cholangiocarcinoma, cancer cells grow in your bile ...

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 ...

A doctor may be able to surgically repair the defects ... Gallbladder removal surgery can result in the narrowing of the bile ducts. This condition is known as biliary stricture.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has become a widely available and routine procedure, whilst open cholecystectomy has largely been replaced by a laparoscopic approach, which may ...

Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC): KEYTRUDA may be combined with chemotherapy medicines to treat BTC, a cancer that affects the bile ducts or gallbladder. This treatment is for adults when the cancer has ...

The doctors at a private hospital in New Delhi successfully treated a young woman suffering from a rare and life-threatening ...

2Dr. Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 3Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 4Department of Surgery, ...

coli. This case illustrates a progressive stricturing of the biliary-duct system necessitating a reconstruction by means of hepatojejunostomy to give adequate drainage of bile. After this ...