In such a case, the approach via the cystic duct might not be appropriate. If the attempt to remove the stones via the cystic duct proved unsuccessful, we would still have to resort to a ...

Bile duct disorders, including cholangiocarcinoma, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and iatrogenic injuries, pose significant clinical challenges due to limited regenerative capacity and the complexity ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

They often manifest as a concentric thickening of the bile duct, coupled with infiltration of the periductal tissues. By contrast, nodular lesions project directly into the lumen of the bile duct.

For example, if gallstones block the cystic duct, then a doctor will remove the gallbladder. If gallstones block the common bile duct, then an endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography may ...

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(ERCP) has become a widely available and routine procedure, whilst open cholecystectomy has largely been replaced by a laparoscopic approach, which may ...

The two survivors were jaundiced for 6 months and 5 weeks respectively, before making a clinical recovery, and in both liver biopsy at the height of the jaundice showed bile stasis. Meconium ileus was ...