A roughly spherical, rather firm mass, 1.5 by 1.75 cm., was encountered involving the common hepatic duct and terminal cystic duct, in the presence of a moderately enlarged (9.5 by 3.5 cm ...

When the main pancreatic duct opens into the floor of the common duct or on the lower lip of the papilla of Vater, the two ducts are closely approximated for a distance of 1 cm. or more, being ...

Methods . Included in this prospective study cohort were all patients with CBDS and gallbladder stones treated with laparoscopic common bile duct stone extraction (LCBDE) at the Nanjing Drum Tower ...

A periampullary duodenal diverticulum compresses the distal bile duct, leading to obstructive jaundice in a patient without ...

A bile duct obstruction describes when one of the tubes that carries bile between the liver, gallbladder, and small intestine becomes blocked. Learn more here.

A blocked bile duct typically occurs due to gallstones. Symptoms can vary depending on the duct affected but may include nausea, light-colored stools, and dark-colored urine. Biliary obstruction ...

Sialoliths can be removed by sialendoscopy in some cases. But sometimes it fails if the stone is located in the proximal or hilum of Wharton's duct. To evaluate the clinical efficacy of the ...