IN the clinical landscape of biliary tract infections, accurately predicting which patients are at risk of severe bloodstream infections (BSIs) can be lifesaving. A new study offers compelling ...

Biliary tract cancer occurs in the bile ducts and gallbladder, with approximately 23,000 diagnoses in the US each year. Life expectancy is poor, with just 5% to 15% of patients expected to live ...

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune disorder that leads to the destruction of bile ducts within the liver. As more bile ducts become lost and damaged, bile acids build up within the ...

The primary end point of overall response rate has been met in the COMPANION-002 trial of tovecimig and paclitaxel in advanced biliary tract cancer. In patients with advanced biliary tract cancer who ...

Three patients underwent redo biliary-enteric anastomosis secondary to Roux-en-Y loop necrosis. Cross-sectional imaging in children with internal hernia or Roux-en-Y volvulus demonstrated distended, ...

Fifteen infants with BA with a mean age (mean ± SEM) of 59 ± 5.6 d were recruited from the Outpatient Pediatric Clinic and Inpatient ward at the Children's Hospital, Medical Center of Fudan ...

Enteric glial cells (EGCs) are one of the major cell types of neural crest lineage distributed in the gastrointestinal tract. EGCs represent an integral part of the enteric nervous system (ENS) and ...

Figure 1. Cause of death in prevalent dialysis patients in the United States, 2005 to 2007. 1 AMI indicates acute myocardial infarction; CHF, congestive heart failure; CVA, cerebrovascular accident.