Study finds percutaneous balloon dilation offers better long-term outcomes than surgery for severe benign biliary strictures, particularly Bismuth-Strasberg type E4 and E5 cases.

(3) While gallbladder and bile duct symptoms are most frequently caused ... your doctor may decide that no further exploration is needed, since these are unlikely to be cancerous.

who successfully underwent simultaneous T-tube-free laparoscopic cholecystectomy and common bile duct exploration. This approach avoids exposing the developing fetus to ionizing radiation and ...

Two patients had common-duct stones at re-exploration. In 3 a transduodenal ... adjacent to the opening of the common bile duct, or intermittent emission of small amounts of clear pancreatic ...

We have broad indications for exploring the common bile duct 16 and have depended upon a careful mechanical exploration of the duct to detect and remove common-duct stones. The present study is an ...

Background Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) for stone can be carried out by either laparoscopic transcystic stone extraction (LTSE) or laparoscopic choledochotomy (LC).

T-tube cholangiography and choledochoscopy are methods for identifying residual bile duct stones after biliary surgery. However, the effectiveness of routine cholangiography before T-tube removal ...

Introduction: Although laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) is considered a safe and effective method for treating choledocholithiasis, the absence of any biliary or abdominal drainage ...

With this retrospective study, they reviewed the clinical records of 287 adults treated at Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, between 2017 and 2022, who underwent common bile duct ...

He also wrote, or collaborated on, several books, including “Endoscopy” (1976), “Common Bile Duct Exploration” (1984, with Alfred Cuschieri) and “No Stones Left Unturned” (2021 ...