World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2018 AIM To study the effect of different techniques of cystic duct closure on bile leakage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for biliary disease. METHODS A systematic search of MEDLINE, Cochrane and EMBASE was performed.
A. H. van Dijk +5 more
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Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of three current guidelines for the evaluation of asymptomatic pancreatic cystic neoplasms. [PDF]
, 2017 Asymptomatic pancreatic cysts are a common clinical problem but only a minority of these cases progress to cancer. Our aim was to compare the accuracy to detect malignancy of the 2015 American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the 2012 International
Aslanian, Harry +17 more
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Inflammation, Active Fibroplasia, and End-stage Fibrosis in 172 Biliary Atresia Remnants Correlate Poorly With Age at Kasai Portoenterostomy, Visceral Heterotaxy, and Outcome [PDF]
, 2018 Published histologic studies of the hilar plate or entire biliary remnant at the time of Kasai portoenterostomy (KHPE) have not provided deep insight into the pathogenesis of biliary atresia, relation to age at surgery, prognosis or the basis for ...
Arva +32 more
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Main right hepatic duct entering the cystic duct: a case report
Surgical Case Reports, 2019 Background Risk factors for bile duct injury in laparoscopic cholecystectomy include severe inflammation at Calot’s triangle and aberrant bile duct variations.
Toshiya Abe +4 more
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A case of distal extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with two positive resection margins [PDF]
, 2016 Cholangiocarcinoma is an uncommon primary malignancy of the biliary tract that is challenging to diagnose and treat effectively due to its relatively silent and late clinical presentation.
Andersen +42 more
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Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2017 An isolated cystic dilatation of the cystic duct is extremely rare and very few cases have been reported in the world literature. The existing Todani's classification does not include this as a separate entity and thereby, it has been vaguely termed as a
S. Ray, B. K. Bhat, A. Yadav, S. Nundy
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Formation of Pancreatoduodenal Fistula in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas Decreased the Frequency of Recurrent Pancreatitis [PDF]
, 2019 Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) of the pancreas are characterized by proliferation of mucin-secreting cells in the main pancreatic duct (PD) or its branches. The secreted thick mucin usually leads to PD obstruction and dilation.
Alkaade, Samer +3 more
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Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Cystic Duct: A Rare and Incidental Diagnosis
Cureus, 2017 Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), also known as carcinoid tumors of the extrahepatic biliary tree, are extremely rare malignancies and account for 0.2% to 2% of all carcinoids of the gastrointestinal tract.
Fatima Ayub, M. Saif
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Dilatation of the Proximal Cystic Duct: Is It a Variant to “Type VI” Choledochal Cyst? [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Choledochal cysts are rare congenital malformations, comprising of dilatation of the biliary tree of different localization. Classically, classification of choledochal cysts describes five variants of the disease.
Christos Kaselas +3 more
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Genomic landscape of salivary gland tumors. [PDF]
, 2015 Effective treatment options for advanced salivary gland tumors are lacking. To better understand these tumors, we report their genomic landscape. We studied the molecular aberrations in 117 patients with salivary gland tumors that were, on physician ...
Carter, Jennifer L +6 more
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