The use of endoscopic therapy to manage post-surgical bile duct leaks is well established ... Biliary sphincterotomy alone, placement of a biliary stent, and nasobiliary drainage are available ...

In particular, lesions with a structural defect of the hepatic or common bile ... feasible—a larger stent was inserted. In patients with peripheral or central bile duct leakages, a 10 F/11.5 ...

The Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) successfully performed a transhepatic stent-assisted portal vein aneurysm coil embolization, ...

A percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (per-kew-tay-nee-us trans-hep-attic col-an-jee-o-gram) is a way of looking at your bile ducts using x-rays. This test is also called a PTC. You may have a ...

Endoscopic retrograde laser lithotripsy of common bile duct stones is a new technique which can be carried out through the endoscope without anaesthesia using ordinary endoscopic equipment. In the ...

Doctors in the UK are hoping to transform the lives of people with deadly bile duct cancer. A new study – which has shown promising early results – matches the patient’s tumour to one or ...

is the preferred method for detecting gallstones in the common bile duct. Because the endoscope is in position, stones can be removed during an ERCP. During this procedure: A special side-viewing ...

Airway stenting is a critical intervention for managing tracheal obstruction, particularly in patients with conditions such as malignancies, benign stenosis, and post-tuberculosis complications.

FOR the 6,000 people in the UK who are newly diagnosed with bile duct cancer every year, the prognosis is uniquely grim. According to data from Cancer Research UK, up to 70 per cent of all these ...

Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) is a common condition in infants ... achieved resolution after primary monocanalicular stent placement, compared to 92.4% in non-Down syndrome ...

1 Liver Unit, Department of Medicine A, Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital Campus, South Wharf Street, London W2 1PG, UK 2 Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Royal Free Hospital ...