Gallbladder and bile duct cancers are rare but aggressive, often diagnosed late due to subtle symptoms. We got in touch with ...

In the study period (from January 1996 to December 2006), the total number of patients suffering from bile duct injury after cholecystectomy was 101. Fifty six of 101 were treated with endoscopic ...

Bile duct injury (BDI) is a serious complication that can occur during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC ... referrals were made reactively, often after complications had arisen[5].

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 ...

The incidence of bile duct injury ... cent), biliary obstruction (3.2 per cent), pancreatitis (1.3 per cent) and ascending cholangitis (0.6 per cent). A mean of 2.7 emergency re-admissions admissions ...

and a choledochal cyst causing persistent right upper abdominal pain for which she underwent cholecystectomy and choledochal cyst excision with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy. The abdominal pain did ...

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 ...

Gallbladder problems are a common complication in individuals with sickle cell disease. These issues often arise due to the breakdown of red blood cells and the subsequent formation of gallstones or ...

Bile is made in the liver and then stored in the gallbladder. A painful obstruction that results from an abnormally functioning sphincter ... The presence of stones within the common bile duct.

The former Vikings, Raiders and Patriots star disclosed that he underwent a six-hour operation on his pancreas, liver, gall bladder and bile duct — commonly known as a Whipple procedure.