FOR the 6,000 people in the UK who are newly diagnosed with bile duct cancer every year, the prognosis is uniquely grim. According to data from Cancer Research UK, up to 70 per cent of all these ...

Your gallbladder is a small organ attached to your liver. Its primary function is to store bile, a type of digestive fluid. During digestion, the gallbladder releases bile into the small intestine to ...

Untreated biliary colic can lead to serious complications such as gallbladder inflammation, bile duct inflammation, jaundice (yellow-tinted skin and eyes), and pancreatitis (inflammation of the ...

Nasolacrimal duct stenosis due to inflammatory edema further impedes outflow and, thereby, exacerbates flow symptoms. The imbalance of tear production and clearance is often compounded by minor ...

Iatrogenic bile duct injury is a highly significant complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with an incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.5% (de’Angelis et al., 2021). This can result in the ...

They found that those who lost protection also had generally higher levels of bile acids. However, those with remission had higher levels of two specific bile acids, known as lithocholates.

The third element, being the clearance mechanism, collectively comprises lower lid form and function, punctal and canalicular structure and dynamics, and nasolacrimal duct physiology. These three ...