Risk Factors for Immediate and Delayed-Onset Fever After Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage [PDF]
, 2015 Objectives To prospectively investigate the pre and intraprocedural risk factors for immediate (IF) and delayedonset (DOF) fever development after percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD).
Bezzi, Mario +10 more
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Zdravniški Vestnik, 2018 Double gallbladder is a rare congenital anomaly, which can present a challenge for the surgeon who performs laparoscopic cholecystectomies. The common first-line modality for screening in symptomatic gallbladder pathology is still ultrasonography, even ...
Jošt Kokalj, Yasmin Marianna Hunt
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Current approaches in the surgical treatment of liver hydatid disease: single center experience
BMC Surgery, 2019 Background Liver hydatid disease is a common benign condition in many countries. Compared to open surgery, laparoscopic treatment can play an important role in improving the post-operative recovery, reducing the morbidity and recurrence rate of these ...
Mehmet Bayrak, Yasemin Altıntas
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Liver abscess following ingestion of a foreign object [PDF]
, 2013 A 31 year old, previously healthy female presented to A&E on 24/07/2012 with a 2 day history of colicky epigastric pain and spiking fever; however on investigation no pathology was found except for an ovarian cyst of 4cm.
Abela, Lauren, Borg Xuereb, Keith
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Cause and timing of first allograft failure in orthotopic liver transplantation: A study of 177 consecutive patients [PDF]
, 1991 The cause and timing of first liver allograft failure was evaluated in 177 patients who underwent a second liver transplant between January 1984 and December 1988.
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A practical approach to the endoscopic management of biliary strictures after liver transplantation
Annals of HepatologyBiliary tract complications are an important cause of morbidity and mortality after liver transplantation (LT) occurring in 5% to 25% of patients. The most common biliary complication in LT recipients are strictures representing approximately half of ...
Alex Bofill, Andrés Cárdenas
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Hemobilia: Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment
Liver Research, 2018 Hemobilia refers to bleeding from and/or into the biliary tract and is an uncommon but important cause of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Reports of hemobilia date back to the 1600s, but due to its relative rarity and challenges in diagnosis, only in recent
Rani Berry +4 more
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New totally intracorporeal reconstructive approach after robotic total gastrectomy. Technical details and short-term outcomes [PDF]
, 2017 AIM: To show outcomes of our series of patients that underwent a total gastrectomy with a robotic approach and highlight the technical details of a proposed solution for the reconstruction phase.
Cirocchi, Roberto +7 more
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Current trends in the treatments of choledochal cysts in pediatric patients in Korea in the era of minimally invasive surgery: narrative review [PDF]
Journal of Medicine and Life ScienceCholedochal cyst (CC) is a rare biliary tract disease characterized by cystic dilation of the biliary duct that requires surgical resection because of its malignant potential and associated complications.
Ayoung Kang, Soo-Hong Kim, Hae-Young Kim
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Radiation therapy for primary carcinoma of the extrahepatic biliary system. An analysis of 63 cases. [PDF]
, 1991 From 1976 to 1988, 63 patients received radiation therapy for primary cancers of the extrahepatic biliary system (eight gallbladder and 55 extrahepatic biliary duct). Twelve patients underwent orthotopic liver transplantation.
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