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

The LC procedure was performed vertically on the supraduodenal part of the anterior aspect of the common bile duct. All stones visible through the choledochotomy were removed with an atraumatic ...

Cholangiography revealed dilated intrahepatic bile ducts and a distal common bile duct that was smaller than normal, with evidence of extrinsic compression of the intervening common hepatic duct.

Two patients had common-duct stones at re-exploration. In 3 a transduodenal sphincterotomy had been done at the time of cholecystectomy without relief of symptoms.

Your pancreas plays a significant role in digestion. It is located inside your abdomen, just behind your stomach, and it is about the size of your hand.

Proximal Tibia The proximal tibia is the upper portion of the shinbone that connects to the knee joint. The tibial plateau is the top surface of the proximal tibia where the femur (upper thigh bone) ...

Keywords: proximal femur, prosthesis, stem, biomechanical study, sawbones Citation: Hou Z, Zheng K, Xu M and Yu X (2024) The primary stability of ultrashort residual proximal femur fixed with ...

INTRODUCTION Cholangiocarcinoma is a cancer arising from thebiliary tree at any portion of the bile duct. Most of the tumors are diagnosed as adenocarcinomas 1, whereas squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) ...

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.

These lobules are connected to small ducts (tubes) that connect with larger ducts to form the common hepatic duct. The common hepatic duct transports the bile made by the liver cells to the ...

This is the most common type of breast cancer. Invasive (or infiltrating) ductal carcinoma (IDC) starts in a milk duct of the breast, breaks through the wall of the duct, and grows into the fatty ...