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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Endoscopic Ultrasound versus Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Patients with Suspected Common Bile Duct Stones. [PDF]

, 2015
Patients with suspected common bile duct (CBD) stones are often diagnosed using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), an invasive procedure with risk of significant complications.
Davidson, BR, Gurusamy, KS, Morris, S, Sheringham, J   +3 more
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Six Rare Biliary Tract Anatomic Variations: Implications for Liver Surgery

Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2011
Objective: The variations in the anatomy of the biliary tract need to be recognized in modern liver surgery. The purpose of this clinical and anatomical study is to describe several novel biliary tract variations and to outline their practical importance
Daniel V. Kostov, Georgi L. Kobakov
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Integrating critical view of safety and indocyanine green cholangiography to enhance safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Scientific Reports
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the standard treatment for gallstone-related diseases, but bile duct injury remains a significant complication. This study investigates the efficacy of integrating the Critical View of Safety (CVS) and Indocyanine ...
Anuwat Chartkitchareon, Thawatchai Tullavardhana   +1 more
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Re-do Kasai procedure in a preterm infant

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2019
We report the case of a 10-day old boy with biliary atresia (BA) who was delivered by caesarean section at 33 weeks 4 days of gestation (birth weight, 2135 g). At birth, his direct bilirubin level was high, and stools were light yellow.
Hiromu Tanaka, Hideyuki Sasaki, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Masaki Nio   +3 more
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Effects of the administration of pentoxifylline and prednisolone on the evolution of portal fibrogenesis secondary to biliary obstruction in growing animals: immunohistochemical analysis of the expression of TGF-β and VEGF

Clinics, 2012
OBJECTIVE: During the neonatal and infancy periods, some chronic liver diseases may lead to progressive hepatic fibrosis, which is a condition that can ultimately result in the loss of organ function and severe portal hypertension necessitating hepatic ...
Wagner de Castro Andrade, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Maria Cecilia de Mendonça Coelho, Ana Cristina Aoun Tannuri, Venancio Avancini Ferreira Alves, Uenis Tannuri   +5 more
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Snare-assisted precutting and dual-knife fistulotomy performed during difficult biliary cannulation in a patient with an ectopic papilla of Vater

Journal of International Medical Research, 2021
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatobiliary diseases; however, successful biliary cannulation is a prerequisite for this operation.
Hui Liu, Chun-Meng Jiang, Bo Qu, Zhi-Guo Wang   +3 more
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Genetic study of congenital bile-duct dilatation identifies de novo and inherited variants in functionally related genes [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Congenital dilatation of the bile-duct (CDD) is a rare, mostly sporadic, disorder that results in bile retention with severe associated complications. CDD affects mainly Asians.
Campbell, Desmond, Cheng, Guo, Cherny, Stacey S., Chung, Patrick H. Y., Garcia-Barcelo, Maria-Mercè, Ngo, Ngoc Diem, Sham, Pak C., So, Man-ting, Tam, Paul K., Tang, Clara S. M., Tran, Ngoc Son, Wong, John K. L., Yeung, Fanny   +12 more
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Case report: Intrahepatic cholangiectasis with Clonorchis sinensis infection

Radiology Case Reports
Clonorchis sinensis infections persist globally among humans. These pathogens mainly inhabit the intrahepatic biliary system. Most individuals with clonorchiasis exhibit mild symptoms.
Zhen Peng, Xiao Tan, Pei Xiong, Qingqi Ren, Desheng Sun, Zewei Lin   +5 more
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Cholecystitis & An Enzyme Study [PDF]

, 2011
Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder that develops in short time usually when gallstone obstructs the cystic duct. Patients over the passage of time land to chronic cholecystitis.
Anil Batta, Int J Cur Biomed Phar Res.
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Observational Study of Biliary Duct stenosis in patients with Post-Liver Transplant

Annals of Hepatology
Introduction and Objectives: Liver transplant is a surgical procedure indicated in terminal hepatic diseases or patients who fail any other type of treatment.
Raul Sosa-Martinez, Daniela A. Garcia-Alonso, Julian Vargas-Flores, Luis A. Waller-González, Mayra V. Ramos-Gomez   +4 more
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