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 ...

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

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].

If left untreated, it can result in complications such as pancreatitis or bile duct infections. A bacterial infection of the bile ducts, cholangitis is usually due to an obstruction such as ...

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 ...

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 ...

High bilirubin levels increase the risk of developing bilirubin gallstones—a type of gallstone more prevalent in Sickle Cell ...

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.

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 ...