An unusual presentation of a rare formation of the common hepatic duct and right hepatic artery in a case of pediatric congenital biliary dilatation, Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery, 17, 1 ...

Sydney Towle posted a tearful TikTok video to share a difficult health update with her followers. The 25-year-old influencer has bile duct cancer, a rare and aggressive form that mostly affects people ...

A woman in Napa, Ca., has been awarded $250,000 in a malpractice suit against the surgeon who removed her gallbladder and erroneously cut her hepatic duct. The verdict includes $70,393 for past ...

Anatomy of the extrahepatic bile ducts. Extrahepatic bile ducts are small tubes that carry bile outside of the liver. They are made up of the common hepatic duct (hilum region) and the common bile ...

Drug-Induced Bile Duct Injury: Certain medications or toxins can harm bile duct cells causing inflammation and possible scarring. Usually stopping the offending drug helps but not always [ 4 ] .

Bile duct cancer can move to your lymph nodes, liver, other parts of your abdominal cavity, or more distant parts of your body. Cancer is considered metastatic when it has spread to distant regions.

Choledocholithiasis is when a gallstone becomes stuck in one of the ducts of the bile system. Learn about the causes, risk factors, and treatments.

Walters 14 has stated that if the common bile duct is thoroughly explored, fewer than 10 per cent of stones will be missed. In his experience, these overlooked stones are usually less than 5 mm ...

The existence of oval cells as hepatic stem cells is debated. Evidence is strong in rodents, but less so in humans. Human “ductular reactions”, where bile duct-like structures increase in ...

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The short answer is no. Merendino [1] first recommended the concept of biliary decompression following liver injuries. This recommendation was not based on class I evidence -- ie, prospective ...

What Can Go Wrong. Sometimes one or more hepatic veins can narrow or get blocked, so blood can’t flow back to your heart. The cause is often a blood clot or growth.. Other things that can block ...