Biliary drainage techniques are essential for managing malignant biliary obstruction, a condition often caused by cancers such as pancreatic or cholangiocarcinoma. These techniques aim to relieve ...

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Background and aim: Malignant hilar obstruction usually presents in advanced-stage disease with a poor prognosis. Effective biliary drainage is essential for the beginning of palliative chemotherapy.

We present a case of cardiogenic shock resulting from delayed arotinolol clearance caused by bile duct obstruction. A man in his 60s presented to our hospital with jaundice. We suspected acute ...

Endoscopic biliary stenting is a well-recognised method of palliation of malignant biliary obstruction. Distal stent migration causing duodenal perforation is an uncommon complication of this ...

Efficacy and safety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) vs percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) for cholangiocarcinoma biliary obstruction: An updated systematic ...

Bile is made in the liver and then stored in the gallbladder. A painful obstruction that results from an abnormally functioning sphincter of Oddi. The sphincter of Oddi is a muscular valve that ...

Her white cell count was 3.20×10 9 /L with normal liver function tests, bilirubin of 6 µmol/L and C reactive protein of 15 mg/L. Cross-sectional imaging with CT found intrahepatic, extrahepatic, ...

Often, symptoms only appear when there are complications. The complications may be caused by inflammation, infection or obstruction. The main symptom of gallstone disease is biliary colic. Biliary ...

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Biliary colic (also known as a "gallbladder attack") is abdominal pain that develops due to a blockage in the bile ducts. Bile ducts carry bile (digestive fluid) from your liver to your ...