Q-They are telling us our grandchild has something called biliary atresia, and it is causing us much anxiety. Would you please explain what this means in language we can understand? A-Biliary atresia ...

Jaundice is considered a liver-related condition, but when it appears alongside abdominal pain, the cause may lie in the bile duct. The skin turns yel.

Q-Please tell me about biliary atresia. A-Biliary atresia is a funny-sounding disease with serious consequences to a very young infant. Biliary is from the Latin word bilis, or bile. Atresia, from ...

A consequence of the different cancers of the hepatobiliary system is blocked bile ducts. However, artificial catheters known as "stents" can remediate this problem. Stents are medical implants which ...

IT IS frequently difficult to differentiate on-clinical grounds jaundice due to parenchymal liver disease and that secondary to extrahepatic biliary obstruction. This distinction is obviously ...

The procedure of endoscopic removal of stone and blockage from the bile duct, followed by placement of Common Bile Duct (CBD) stent, widely practised in leading medical institutions and private ...

Hong Joo Kim; Kyu Taek Lee; Seung Hoon Kim; Jong Kyun Lee; Jae Hoon Lim; Seung Woon Paik; Jong Chul Rhee Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is usually evident on cholangiogram, but the intrahepatic tumor ...

At the 2021 Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Annual Conference, experts discussed guidelines and real-world data for the management of urgent symptoms in patients with cholangiocarcinoma who have biliary ...