FIGURE 3. Percutaneous cholangiogram after the procedure with complete removal of biliary stones and effective bile flow. FIGURE 4. Percutaneous cholangiogram depicting anastomotic common bile duct ...

At this operative procedure stenosis of the sphincter of Oddi was noted, and a transduodenal sphincterotomy was carried out. He has now been followed for over 3 years and has had no further symptoms.

During the past three years at Grady Memorial Hospital intravenous cholangiography has been performed as an emergency procedure in an unselected group of patients who were clinically thought to ...

A percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (PTC) is a way of looking at your bile ducts using x-rays. If your bile duct is blocked you may have a drain or stent put in.

Understand the TIPS procedure, a treatment for severe liver conditions that improves blood flow by creating a shunt in the liver, reducing portal hypertension risks.

Different techniques have been described to reduce the incidence of this complication, and near-infrared fluorescence cholangiography with indocyanine green (NIRFC-ICG) is one of the latest additions.

ERCP is an endoscopic surgical, diagnostic and therapeutic procedure that enables the visualization of biliary and pancreatic ducts, the correct diagnosis of biliary and pancreatic diseases, as well ...

Introduction Misidentification of the extrahepatic bile duct anatomy during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the main cause of bile duct injury. Easier intraoperative recognition of the biliary ...

Cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, occurs when a malignant (cancerous) tumor grows in one of the ducts that transport bile from the liver to the small intestine.