Benign Biliary Stricture (No Surgical Injury to Ducts) in 10 Patients. The prevention of this disabling complication has previously been discussed by Lahey and Pyrtek. 3 Several situations demand ...

At ERCP, the major papilla was normal. Cholangiography revealed a high-grade discrete stricture in the mid-CBD (suprapancreatic portion; Figure 4). A 0.025-inch straight Glidewire (Boston ...

Benign biliary strictures secondary to chronic pancreatitis can prove intractable to endoscopic management, but use of covered, removable metal stents is straightening out this therapeutic problem.

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 ...

"Regardless, omitting a cholangiogram can increase the risk of missing stones in the bile duct and also the risk of not identifying a bile duct injury during the initial gallbladder operation ...

Researchers found that multiple biliary strictures and recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis may influence long-term graft and patient survival after liver transplantation for primary ...

Intravenous cholangiography was not readily available during the period of this study, and stones in the common bile duct were demonstrated in only 2 patients who had cholangiograms preoperatively.

During this surgery, an intraoperative cholangiogram may help your doctor do the following: Check for bile duct stones. Stones in your gallbladder sometimes move into your bile ducts.

Solitary biliary strictures are the most common manifestation of cholangiocarcinoma. Imaging should provide information on the symmetry, contour, texture, length, location, and number of strictures.