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Biliary tract dysmotility [PDF]

open access: possibleCurrent Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 1998
Biliary pain resulting from motility disorders is common and may be overlooked due to the difficulty of diagnosing the presence of these disorders. A sound, logical approach to the evaluation and treatment of these specific groups of disorders is essential.
Gary R. Lichtenstein, Marta A. Dabezies
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Biliary Tract Disease

Postgraduate Medicine, 1964
Biliary tract disease associated with calculi (gallstones) causes much disability and shortening or curtailment of life. At present there is insufficient knowledge to prevent the occurrence or development of gallstones. With the accomplishments of recent decades in preventing such diseases as typhoid fever, tetanus and poliomyelitis, and the control of
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Biliary tract surgery

The American Journal of Surgery, 1951
Abstract 1. 1. Experience with 109 consecutive cases of biliary tract disease over a ten-year period from 1940 to 1950 demonstrates that no absolute rule can be applied in any series of cases. A guide to therapy is offered through the posing of three questions regarding the warranty of surgical intervention, proper time for surgery and operative ...
Gerald N. Weiss, Urban Maes
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Development of the Intrahepatic and Extrahepatic Biliary Tract: A Framework for Understanding Congenital Diseases.

Annual Review of Pathology, 2020
The involvement of the biliary tract in the pathophysiology of liver diseases and the increased attention paid to bile ducts in the bioconstruction of liver tissue for regenerative therapy have fueled intense research into the fundamental mechanisms of ...
F. Lemaigre
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Emergencies of the Biliary Tract

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1988
The traditional approach to urgent therapy of biliary tract disease has undergone significant change. Technologic advances now permit a nonoperative approach to acute cholangitis, acute gallstone pancreatitis and hemobilia. Acute cholecystitis continues to be treated surgically in most cases.
Nimish Vakil, William Sievert
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Biliary Tract Melanoma

Military Medicine, 1990
A case of melanoma of the upper extremity with a solitary metastasis to the common bile duct is reported. A comprehensive review of melanoma in the biliary tree is presented. Antemortem diagnoses of such cases are rare but are associated with a high percentage of disease clinically confined to the biliary tree.
Juna C. d'Avis   +3 more
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The Biliary Tract

Archives of Surgery, 1984
For a decade, the formerly tidy, logical world of the biliary tract surgeon has been in intellectual turmoil, as efforts are made to digest and appropriately utilize revolutionary diagnostic and nonoperative therapeutic techniques. This book—the fifth in a series entitled "Clinical Surgery International"—is designed to give the practicing surgeon a ...
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Carcinoid of the Biliary Tract

Archives of Surgery, 1964
Carcinoid tumors are derived from Kultschitsky cells or their precursors and have the potential to produce serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-hydroxytryptophan. The predominance of carcinoids in the intestinal tract is well known, especially in the region of the ileocecal valve where Kultschitsky cells are numerous.
Melvin A. Shiffman, George L. Juler
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Infections of the Biliary Tract

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, 2013
Infection of the biliary tract, or cholangitis, is a potentially life-threatening condition. Bile duct stones are the most common cause of biliary obstruction predisposing to cholangitis. The key components in the pathogenesis of cholangitis are biliary obstruction and biliary infection.
Subhas Banerjee, Rajan Kochar
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Antibiotics in the Biliary Tract: A Review of the Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Outcomes of Antibiotics Penetrating the Bile and Gallbladder Wall

Pharmacotherapy, 2020
Biliary tract infections (BTIs), including cholangitis and cholecystitis, are common causes of bacteremia. Bacteremic BTIs are associated with a mortality rate of 9–12%.
A. Thabit
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