Endoscopic ultrasound–guided rendezvous and precut sphincterotomy are both effective salvage techniques for patients with ...

Nausea or vomiting may occur. Between 1 percent and 3 percent of people with symptomatic gallstones develop inflammation in the gallbladder (acute cholecystitis), which occurs when stones or sludge ...

Stool color can mean many different things, from red to black for gastrointestinal bleeding and yellow to white for biliary diseases. Color changes may be also due to the foods you eat or medications ...

including biliary obstruction and portal vein thrombosis (PVT). As a precipitating factor for the formation of common bile duct stones and PVT, duodenal perforation represents a unique and complex ...

The situation escalated further as an upper GI endoscopy was not possible due to the obstruction ... stones in the common bile duct (CBD), and pancreatitis, which not only cause significant ...

A 59-year-old British lawyer who delayed getting a diagnosis for his bile duct cancer passed away just three weeks later. Johnathan Ainsworth’s wife said he was constantly suffering from stomachache, ...

But sadly, Jonathan's symptoms worsened and in October that year, he was diagnosed with bile duct cancer. He passed away just a few weeks later. “Jonathan, even though he was a doctor, he didn’t get ...

In severe cases, a liver transplant may be needed. Biliary cirrhosis is an inflammation or irritation of the bile ducts in the liver. The inflammation or irritation blocks the flow of bile to the ...

Methods: A single-institution retrospective review was conducted on 475 patients who underwent Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy following complete excision of the dilated bile duct. Among the cohort, ...

Gallstones (cholelithiasis) are hardened masses that form in the gallbladder or bile ducts. They are common, especially in women. Gallstones don't always cause problems, unless they get stuck in the ...