The management of malignant biliary obstruction is a critical challenge in modern gastroenterology, where effective drainage is essential for palliation and prolongation of life. Traditionally, ...

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 ...

A bile duct drain, also called biliary drainage, can help treat blocked bile ducts so that bile may flow as it should, helping your liver digest fats. Learn more about biliary drainage, including how ...

Validation of the Spanish version of the QODD questionnaire (QODDq-ESP) in a home-based cancer palliative care program and development of the QODDq-ESP-12. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

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 yellow, the eyes lose their normal brightness, and a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The appropriate diagnosis and management of biliary strictures has important implications in endoscopic, ...

Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage for biliary obstruction. This involves passing a thin tube (called an endoscope) with an ultrasound probe at the tip ...

Benign Biliary Stricture (No Surgical Injury to Ducts) in 10 Patients. The prevention of this disabling complication has previously been discussed by Lahey and Pyrtek. 3 Several situations demand ...

No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2007 ASCO Annual Meeting. This abstract does not include a full text component.

Once clinical suspicion has been established for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), the "serologic hallmark" of the autoimmune disease are anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA), present in approximately ...

ONE of the most frustrating features of primary biliary cirrhosis is pruritus, often so intense and unrelenting that the victim seriously contemplates suicide. 1 Such patients suffer from chronic ...