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Early bile drainage improves native liver survival in biliary atresia without cholangitis

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
ObjectivesTo explore the outcomes and related factors in children without cholangitis after Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE).MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the data of infants with type III BA who underwent KPE from June 2016 to December 2021.
Fei Liu, Xiaogang Xu, Zijian Liang, Boyuan Tao, Menglong Lan, Jixiao Zeng   +5 more
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Impact of cholangitis on survival of patients with malignant biliary obstruction treated with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage

BMC Gastroenterology, 2023
Purpose To evaluate the impact of cholangitis on survival of patients with gastrointestinal cancer and malignant biliary obstruction treated with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD). Methods A retrospective registry study was performed at a
Jarmo Niemelä, Raija Kallio, Pasi Ohtonen, Juha Saarnio, Hannu Syrjälä   +4 more
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Risk factors for post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography cholangitis in patients with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis—an observational study

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Background Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) is considered to be one of the most deadly chronic parasitic diseases in the world. We have shown that the incidence of cholangitis in patients who underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (
Fei Du, Wenhao Yu, Zhixin Wang, Zhi Xie, Li Ren   +4 more
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Overlap syndrome of primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis: two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Overlap syndrome between primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis is an extremely rare condition that has been reported in only few published cases so far in the literature.
Haythem Yacoub, Sarra Ben Azouz, Hajer Hassine, Habiba Debbabi, Dhouha Cherif, Feriel Ghayeb, Seif Boukriba, Héla Kchir, Nadia Maamouri   +8 more
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Bile Acid Receptor Therapeutics Effects on Chronic Liver Diseases [PDF]

, 2020
In the past ten years, our understanding of the importance of bile acids has expanded from fat absorption and glucose/lipid/energy homeostasis into potential therapeutic targets for amelioration of chronic cholestatic liver diseases.
Alpini, Gianfranco, Francis, Heather, Kennedy, Lindsey, Kundu, Debjyoti, Meadows, Vik   +4 more
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Microbiome analysis of bile from apparently healthy cats and cats with suspected hepatobiliary disease

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2023
Background Bacterial infection of bile is a common cause of hepatobiliary disease in cats. Whether bile harbors a core microbiota in health or in cases of suspected hepatobiliary disease in cats is unknown.
Tanner S. Slead, Benjamin J. Callahan, Megan E. Schreeg, Gabriela S. Seiler, Devorah M. Stowe, Maria Andrea Azcarate‐Peril, Megan E. Jacob, Jody L. Gookin   +7 more
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Don’t Forget about the Sump! An Uncommon Complication Many Years after a Choledochoduodenostomy

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021
Bilioenteric anastomoses were common interventions before the rise of minimal invasion procedures, specifically, before endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
María Fernanda Chimal, Carlos Ernesto Morales, Eric Misael Saucedo   +2 more
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Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for pseudomyxoma peritonei in a liver-transplanted patient: a case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2018
Background Diagnostic work-ups in transplanted immunosuppressed patients are a challenge as non-specific findings may be interpreted as transplant-related complications. If the disease in question is rare and slowly developing like pseudomyxoma peritonei
Ebbe Billmann Thorgersen, Espen Melum, Trine Folseraas, Stein Gunnar Larsen, Pål Dag Line   +4 more
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The changing faces of cholangitis [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2016
A variety of diseases are included under the umbrella term ‘cholangitis’, including hepatobiliary diseases with an autoimmune pathogenesis (such as primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and IgG4-associated sclerosing cholangitis ...
Sum P. Lee, Joseph R. Roberts, Rahul Kuver   +2 more
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Characteristics of the Gut Microbiome and IL-13/TGF-β1 Mediated Fibrosis in Post-Kasai Cholangitis of Biliary Atresia

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Aims: Cholangitis in biliary atresia (BA), which accelerates liver fibrosis progression, is among the most common serious complications after Kasai surgery; however, its etiology remains elusive.
Lingdu Meng, Jia Liu, Junfeng Wang, Min Du, Shouhua Zhang, Yanlei Huang, Zhen Shen, Rui Dong, Gong Chen, Shan Zheng   +9 more
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