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Current Cell/Organoid and Animal Models for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Portal Hypertension &Cirrhosis, EarlyView.
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease with limited therapeutic options and a marked risk of progression to biliary fibrosis, cirrhosis, and malignancy. Progress in PSC research has been hindered by the lack of models that faithfully recapitulate the complex biliary microenvironment and disease heterogeneity ...
Qigu Yao, Sheng Cheng, Qiaoling Pan, Jiong Yu, Hongcui Cao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Cholangio- Pancreatography in Choledocholithiasis

Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences, 2016
Objectives: To estimate the diagnostic accuracy of MRCP in the detection of bile duct calculi in patients with obstructive jaundice using ERCP as gold standard. Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study. The study was conducted at Department of
Nasreen Naz, Ummme Aymen
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Radial sphincterotomy in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography due to extrahepatic obstructions by large stones in the common bile duct

Fujita Medical Journal, 2021
Objectives: The most common method of removal of calculi (“stones”) from the common bile duct (CBD) is an endoscopic sphincterotomy. We wished to determine the role of an improved method of sphincterotomy in choledocholithiasis: “radial sphincterotomy”.
Kenan Yusif-zade
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Results of medium seventeen years' follow-up after laparoscopic choledochotomy for ductal stones [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: In a previously published article the authors reported the long-term follow-up results in 138 consecutive patients with gallstones and common bile duct (CBD) stones who underwent laparoscopic transverse choledochotomy (TC) with T-tube ...
Balla, Andrea, Campagnacci, Roberto, D'Ambrosio, Giancarlo, Guerrieri, Mario, Lezoche, Emanuele, Lezoche, Giovanni, Paganini, ALESSANDRO MARIA, Quaresima, Silvia   +7 more
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Association of extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease in a province of western Hungary with disease phenotype: Results of a 25-year follow-up study [PDF]

, 2003
AIM: IBD is a systemic disease associated with a large number of extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs). Our aim was to determine the prevalence of EIMs in a large IBD cohort in Veszprem Province in a 25-year follow-up study.
Balogh, Zsuzsanna, Dávid, Gyula, Kuronya, Pál, Lakatos, László, Lakatos, Péter László, Pandur, Tünde, Tollas, Árpád   +6 more
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Green Endoscopy: Can Filtered Water Use in Endoscopy Be a Safe, Economical Alternative Which Promotes Sustainable Healthcare?

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sustainable healthcare is an evolving paradigm of growing importance that focuses on reducing environmental impact whilst maintaining quality patient care. Currently, evidence is lacking to support the use of sterile water in diagnostic colonoscopy resulting in a growing shift towards use of tap water and appropriate recycling of ...
Michael Rouse, Jennifer Yuill, Forbes McGain, Scott McAlister, Catherine O'Shea, Justin M. Yeung, Ian Faragher   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Enzymes Mislead: Assessing the Value of MRCP in Suspected Choledocholithiasis

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The diagnosis of choledocholithiasis (CDL) requires balancing timely intervention against the risks of unnecessary invasive procedures. Although liver function tests (LFTs) are widely used for risk stratification, their static values and short‐term trends remain poorly defined in predicting persistent common bile duct stones.
Renato Pitesa, Wai Yan (Rachel) Yuen, Nadia Meyer, Garth Poole, Primal Parry Singh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frequency of malignant biliary strictures in Upper Egypt: a pilot study

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2019
Background and aim Biliary strictures are challenging clinical condition for gastroenterologists, radiologists, and surgical specialists. We aimed to find out the frequency of malignant biliary strictures in our institutions.
Adnan A Mohamed, Ahmed M Ali, Mahmoud R Shehata, Wael A Elsewify, Salah Maklad   +4 more
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High‐Dimensional Immune Profiling Identifies Circulating NKT‐Like Cells Associated With Severity Outcome in Acute Pancreatitis at Disease Onset

Immunology, EarlyView.
High‐dimensional spectral cytometry of peripheral blood mononuclear cells at hospital admission revealed that acute pancreatitis patients who subsequently developed moderately‐to‐severe disease exhibited a specific reduction of circulating CD2 + CD8dim NKT‐like cells, which appear to acquire an altered cytotoxic‐like phenotype upon IL‐15 stimulation ...
Carolina González de Castro, Mª. Lourdes Ruiz Rebollo, Paloma Cal‐Sabater, Elisa Arribas‐Rodríguez, Álvaro Martín‐Muñoz, Alejandro Gonzalez del Hierro, Marina Perez Mazzali, Jessica Matesanz‐Isabel, Hugo Gonzalo‐Benito, Sara Cuesta‐Sancho, David Bernardo   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making Sense of Non-Binding Retail-Price Recommendations [PDF]

This paper provides a theoretical rationale for non-binding retail price recommendations (RPRs) in vertical supply relations. Analyzing a bilateral manufacturer-retailer relationship with repeated trade, we show that linear relational contracts can ...
Dennis L. Gärtner, Stefan Bühler
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