A Taiwan study found that large balloon dilation alone without the use of sphincterotomy to treat large common bile duct stones met safety and efficacy requirements, according to a report in BMC ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: The common complaint of right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain and impaired liver function tests (LFTs) could ...

IN recent years, cholecystectomy has been performed in an increasing number of patients. As a result, two serious complications of biliary-tract surgery have occurred with increasing frequency. The ...

EPBD for stone extraction should be avoided in routine clinical practice; if used for patients with coagulopathy or altered surgical anatomy, care should be taken to avoid contrast injection into the ...

In order to shorten the procedure time as well as minimizing the chance of complications, simplifying the procedure while maintaining the effectiveness of stone removal is warranted. Therefore, in the ...

AN amputation neuroma may form from the cut ends of nerve fibers divided in the course of surgery on the biliary tree, just as it may occur elsewhere in the body. A tumor results that is not a true ...

There are several types of surgery for bile duct cancer, which are meant to cure cancer or to manage its symptoms. Your bile ducts transport bile from the liver and the gallbladder to the small ...