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Feasibility of Cap-Assisted Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Patients with Altered Gastrointestinal Anatomy

Gut and Liver, 2015
Background/AimsEndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is technically challenging in patients with altered gastrointestinal (GI) anatomy.
doaj   +1 more source

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [PDF]

, 2013
A 61-year-old gentleman who lives with his wife and 20-year-old son, presented to the polyclinic with a four week history of pruritus. On examination he was found to be jaundiced and his LFTs were high.
Bezzina, Sarah, Debattista, Daniel
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Intravenous bolus somatostatin after diagnostic cholangiopancreatography reduces the incidence of pancreatitis associated with therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedures: A randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2003
Background: Previous studies suggested that somatostatin given before endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) may reduce the incidence of post-ERCP pancreatitis.
Fan, ST, Lam, CM, Liu, CL, Lo, CM, Poon, RTP, Tang, A, Yeung, C, Yuen, WK   +7 more
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Surgical Removal of a Huge Common Bile Duct Stone

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
A 65-year-old woman was diagnosed with an 8 cm large common bile duct stone and multiple stones in both intrahepatic ducts because of abnormal liver function tests.
Jang Hun Han, Hoonsub So, Sung Jo Bang, Yang Won Nah   +3 more
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Incidence, Risk Factors, and Time Trends for Bile Leakage After Cholecystectomy for Gallstone Disease—Results From a Population‐Based Cohort Study

World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Bile leakage is a severe complication after cholecystectomy and is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of bile leakage post‐cholecystectomy and to identify potential risk factors and their association with changes in the incidence of bile leakage over time.
Layla Mirzaei, Henrik Bergenfeldt, Stefan Öberg, Bodil Andersson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serum amylase and lipase levels for prediction of postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2018
Background: The aim of the present study was to assess 2- and 4-h postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) serum amylase and lipase levels for prediction of post-ERCP, pancreatitis (PEP), and their predictive cutoff values. Materials and
Mohammad Minakari, Vahid Sebghatollahi, Maryam Sattari, Elaheh Fahami   +3 more
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How to select patients and timing for rectal indomethacin to prevent post-ERCP pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2017
Egger’s publication bias plot.
Jianhua Wan, Liang Xia, Nonghua Lu, Yuping Ren, Zhenhua Zhu   +4 more
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Different Knots, Same Outcome: Evaluating the Role of Surgical Technique on Biliary Anastomotic Strictures After Liver Transplantation

World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Biliary anastomotic strictures (BAS) after liver transplant (LT) are a significant contributor to post‐transplant morbidity. Although surgical technique has been proposed as a risk factor, accurate evaluation of technique has been limited by inherent bias in conventional definitions for BAS.
Samith Minu Alwis, Robert Torode, Michael Anthony Fink, Ruelan Furtado, Eunice Lee, Graham Starkey, Robert Jones, Marcos Vinicius Perini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A case report of vanishing bile duct syndrome after exposure to pexidartinib (PLX3397) and paclitaxel. [PDF]

, 2019
Pexidartinib (PLX3397) is a small molecule tyrosine kinase and colony-stimulating factor-1 inhibitor with FDA breakthrough therapy designation for tenosynovial giant-cell tumor, and currently under study in several other tumor types, including breast ...
Chien, A Jo, Esserman, Laura J, Hyland, Colby, Piawah, Sorbarikor, Rugo, Hope S, Umetsu, Sarah E   +5 more
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Imaging of Abdominal Complications in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common paediatric malignancy and remains one of the most common causes of cancer‐related death in children and adolescents. Five‐year overall survival rates now exceed 90% with current multidrug chemotherapeutic regimens. This improvement, coupled with the toxicity of chemotherapy, has led to the
Luke R. Holmes, Rishi S. Kotecha, Derek J. Roebuck   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source