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

The bile ducts are small, tubular structures that play an important role in digestion by transporting bile -- a yellowish-green fluid -- from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine.

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] Incomplete stricture of the lower common bile ... of obstruction of the common duct can lead to gallstones without ...

Patency of the extrahepatic bile ducts had been demonstrated in all the cases by surgical exploration or post-mortem examination. Two control groups were used: 25 consecutive autopsy cases of ...

Included in the cohort were 346 consecutive patients with common bile duct stones ... rupture of the cystic duct, 6) intrahepatic stone, 7) cholecystoduodenal fistula, 8) gallbladder bed bleeding ...