In some patients, however, even after extensive ... wound infection, bile duct injury, or bile leak) occur in about 2% of cases. If patients who have undergone empiric cholecystectomy suffer ...

The antibiotic concentrations in the common bile duct after single doses of preoperative antibiotic (gentamicin and cephazolin) were lower in the obstructed biliary tree (1.5 +/- 0.4 milligrams/mL ...

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Michael Birnbaum is a White House reporter for The Washington Post, covering the Trump presidency. He previously covered national security and diplomacy from Washington and served in Europe for ...