In the majority of LTSE patients, the cystic duct was narrow and needed ... The anterior aspect of the common bile duct was cleared up over a length of 10 to 20 mm. The LC procedure was performed ...

While rates of bile duct injury were similar with robotic-assisted cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy among ...

Bile duct stone clearance was was successful ... and stone location in the CBD distal to the cystic duct confluence. If these criteria were not fulfilled, or the LTSE approach failed, LC had ...

Doctors are warning people to look out for two vague toilet symptoms that are connected to bile duct cancer – a cancer that grows ... making it the eighth most common cause of cancer death in the ...

Bile duct cancer - which doctors call cholangiocarcinoma ... of the UK and cases in adults under the age of 65 are much more common than previously though," she said. “People often don ...

It is also called ampulla of Vater cancer. When you eat, your gallbladder releases a juice called bile into your common bile duct. Bile breaks down fat in the food you've eaten. This makes it easier ...

Your bile duct network is a true tree of life. A floppy, pink tree of life. The branches, smooth like spaghetti noodles, reach up to collect bile and waste from your gallbladder and liver. Farther ...

Bile leakage is one of the most common postoperative complications and is associated with high surgical morbidity and mortality. Perspectives: The standardized technique for the White test, which ...

The most common indication for ERCP was biliary lithiasis (75.3% ... Biliary lithiasis was complicated by pancreatitis and/or cholangitis in 15.5% of cases. The bile duct was successfully catheterized ...