Biliary sphincterotomy alone, placement of a biliary stent, and nasobiliary drainage ... stenting are effective in the therapy of bile duct leakages. The small number of patient in our study ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When double-stent placement (duodenal and biliary) is considered, biliary stent placement can be performed either preceding or following ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography showed intrahepatic biliary dilatation and common bile duct dilatation (maximum diameter 16 mm ... irrespective of the duration of stent placement.

This test is also called a PTC. You may have a sample of tissue (biopsy) taken during a PTC. If your bile duct is blocked your doctor may put a drain or stent in so the bile can drain. Your doctor ...

The Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) successfully performed a transhepatic stent-assisted portal vein aneurysm coil embolization, ...

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 ...

Innovative approaches to managing biliary strictures have emerged, particularly with the development of biodegradable biliary stents ... A narrowing of the bile duct that can obstruct the flow ...

1 Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Haikou Affiliated Hospital of Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine, Haikou, Hainan, China 2 Haikou Key Laboratory of Clinical Research and ...

Florida and Illinois have the most top-ranked hospitals for stent placement in the U.S., according to the WebMD Choice Awards. WebMD and Medscape partnered to award U.S. hospitals based on ...

This can be done with angioplasty (possibly including stent placement) or with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), also called open-heart surgery. An angioplasty involves threading a wire to the ...

Venoplasty alone for CAS does not provide a durable solution due to the frequent reinterventions that are required. Bare-metal stent (BMS) placement has been described with variable results. In their ...