Included in this prospective study cohort were all patients with CBDS and gallbladder stones treated ... In the majority of LTSE patients, the cystic duct was narrow and needed to be dilated.

LTSE is feasible and should be chosen as the first therapeutics, whereas LC should be restricted to large, multiple stones that cannot be extracted through the cystic duct. Postoperative T-tube ...

Cholecystitis is an inflammation of the gallbladder due to gallstones which block the cystic duct and is mostly triggered by a high fat diet. Eating healthy food and maintaining a normal weight ...

while extrahepatic bile duct cancer originates outside the liver. Gallbladder cancer is a malignancy that arises in the gallbladder wall, often discovered during investigations for gallstones or ...

Gallstones are broadly classified into 2 major types: cholesterol stones and pigment stones, with the former type being the most common. 5 They can develop either in the gallbladder or in the bile ...