Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive disease of the bile duct system. The bile duct system carries bile from the liver and gallbladder into the first part of the small ...

ERCP allows visualization of the biliary stricture sites with high resolution, though magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) has become a standard procedure due to improvements in imaging ...

The vast majority of patients with a perihilar stricture and jaundice are presumed to have CCA until proven otherwise.

The pancreas is an elongated, tapered organ located across the back of the belly, behind the stomach. The right side of the organ—called the head—is the widest part of the organ and lies in the curve ...

A rare and complex post-surgical bile duct complication was treated using a novel magnetic compression anastomosis technique -- a minimally invasive procedure rarely performed in India. The ...

New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): A rare and complex post-surgical bile duct complication was treated using a novel magnetic compression anastomosis technique -- a minimally invasive procedure ...

Download powerpoint Figure 2 Endoscopic view revealed mucosal overgrowth (A) over a buried lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS), which was visualised at fluoroscopy (B). Fluoroscopic image in a patient ...

Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common and important neonatal hepatobiliary disorder. Because current treatment is inadequate, there is an urgent need to better understand the etiology and ...

Biliary leakages and bile duct strictures are the most severe complications after cholecystectomy. Biliary leakages are an early complication, whereas biliary strictures are considered a late ...

This case underscores the efficacy of the novel endoscopic treatment for biliary appendices in patients with refractory esophageal anastomotic stricture, offering a new therapeutic approach for ...

Cholangiocarcinomas are a heterogeneous group of bile duct cancers and the second most common primary liver tumour worldwide. In this Consensus statement, the newly formed European Network for the ...