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 ...

After a comprehensive assessment, simultaneous T-tube-free laparoscopic transcholedochal stone extraction and cholecystectomy were performed safely in the pregnant patient with common bile duct stones ...

These systems are also less common than extrusion-based printers and often have lower throughput, making them more suitable for small-scale research on bile duct epithelium rather than large-scale or ...

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(ERCP) has become a widely available and routine procedure, whilst open cholecystectomy has largely been replaced by a laparoscopic approach, which may ...

A 59-year-old British lawyer who delayed getting a diagnosis for his bile duct cancer passed away just three weeks later. Johnathan Ainsworth’s wife said he was constantly suffering from stomachache, ...

Selective deep cannulation of the common bile duct remains the key rate-limiting step in successful endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), especially in benign biliary disease.

Later, he was diagnosed with bile duct cancer and passed away just three weeks later, at the age of 59. “Jonathan, even though he was a doctor, he didn’t get checked immediately; he waited unt ...

These bile-acid-controlled signalling pathways have become the source of promising novel drug targets to treat common metabolic and hepatic diseases. In this article we describe how targeting bile ...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), also known as gastro oesophageal reflux disease, is more than just the occasional ...