Why? As food makes its way down the digestive tract, it gets stained by bile, which constantly drains into the gut. Bile, which breaks down fats, is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and ...

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive disease of the bile duct system. The bile duct system carries bile from the liver and gallbladder into the first part of the small ...

In this paper, pathological sections of rat bile duct carcinoma were used as experimental samples to identify and analyze liver tumor by microscopic hyperspectral imaging (MHSI) technique.

Purpose Bile duct injury (BDI) is a catastrophic complication of cholecystectomy, and misidentification of the cystic anatomy is considered to be the main cause. Although several techniques have been ...

Objective Cholestatic liver diseases in humans as well as bile acid (BA)-feeding and common bile duct ligation (CBDL) in rodents trigger hyperplasia of cholangiocytes within the portal fields.

Pain in the upper abdominal area, usually under the ribs, is the most common symptom of both acute and chronic pancreatitis. Nausea and vomiting are also common. Learn about other symptoms and ...

Some people need to maintain a modified diet after gallbladder surgery. Follow this diet for effective gallbladder surgery recovery.

A Jefferson Parish judge sentenced a man to 40 years in prison on Wednesday, June 25 for killing a man by wrapping his face and torso with duct tape, leaving him unable to breathe or free himself.

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Having white stool after diarrhea might result from taking antidiarrheal drugs. However, it could also be a symptom of a serious medical condition, such as liver disease or a blocked bile duct.

These enzymes travel down the pancreatic duct into the bile duct in an inactive form. When they enter the duodenum, they are activated. The exocrine tissue also secretes a bicarbonate to neutralize ...

A novel magnetic compression anastomosis method saved a 45-year-old Indian man from bile duct complications after cholecystectomy. Led by Prof Anil Arora, a Delhi hospital's cross-disciplinary team ...