One of the crucial issues in the management of suspected bile-duct stones is the selection of patients referred for ERCP. Ideally, this potentially risky procedure should be reserved for patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new review article examines five interventions for treating gallbladder disease, including recently developed ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), the most commonly performed procedure for cholangiocarcinoma, can provide a tissue diagnosis through brush cytology of the bile duct. Relief from ...

Laparoscopic hepatic resection: Favorable short-term outcomes for colorectal cancer metastases of the left hemiliver. Background: OJ is a relatively frequent complication in patients with advanced ...

Choledochal cysts are rare congenital malformations characterised by cystic dilations of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. These anomalies not only present challenges during diagnosis, ...

Cholangiographic classification of IgG4-SC into 4 types based on stricture location is crucial to differentiate IgG4-SC from other biliary conditions. Characteristic findings on intraductal ...

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation and stricture formation in the bile ducts inside the liver and/or in the extrahepatic bile duct which drains into ...

A 35-year-old man was admitted to hospital with abdominal pain, mild jaundice and fever. He was known to be HIV positive and, over the previous 2 months, had noted persistent respiratory symptoms and ...