Complications of cholecystectomy (including infected necrosis) occurred in 22 (12%) patients, of whom 6 (3%) had an intraoperative and/or postoperative bleeding and 7 (4%) had a bile duct injury (type ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;24(5):762-769. The use of endoscopic therapy to manage post-surgical bile duct leaks is well established in clinical practice. However, in literature, there is no ...

In liver fibrosis cases, both the gut microbiota and bile acid metabolism are disrupted. As metabolites of the gut microbiota, bile acids have been linked to the progression of liver fibrosis via ...

Free (unconjugated) bile acids were consistently demonstrated in ileal samples, and occasionally in lower jejunal samples, by thin-layer chromatography, supplemented in some cases by gas/liquid ...

Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is a bile acid (BA) approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment ... 60% fat), and HFD with 0.5% UDCA (w/w). After 8 weeks, the mice were fasted for ...

When choosing the best ox bile supplement after gallbladder removal ... alleviate this problem by providing the necessary bile acids to aid in the digestion of fats. We have researched and ...

They discovered that the liver tumor samples had elevated levels of conjugated bile acids, then asked whether this class of bile acids was directly contributing to cancer development. After removing a ...

Cholestyramine was prescribed to manage suspected bile salt malabsorption diarrhoea secondary ... Plans for elective cholecystectomy were agreed and successful surgery was subsequently undertaken.

In patients with idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP), however, an identifiable cause is not found after ... bile leak) occur in about 2% of cases. If patients who have undergone empiric ...

A 13-year-old teen from Antipas, Cotabato is in critical condition after accidentally drinking acid, thinking it was mineral water. Acid is a type of chemical that can be very strong or weak, ...