Although the operation is common, and the immediate morbidity and mortality are quite low, many patients tend to question the physician's recommendation for biliary-tract surgery. Even when they ...

Bile leak and residual stones are well known complications of biliary tract surgery. In endemic areas of ascariasis, invasion of the biliary tract by roundworms during the early postoperative ...

February is National Cancer Awareness Month, a time to amplify discussions on lesser- known but equally devastating ...

METHODS: Fifty seven patients undergoing elective biliary surgery for calculous biliary ... Isolates from/biliary tract were compared with those from other sites. RESULTS: Thirty eight patients ...

Evidence now suggests that biliary reflux might reach the upper aerodigestive tract and contribute to laryngeal ... of patients with a history of gastric surgery. Positive bile acid results ...

Obesity and biliary tract cancers: Changing epidemiology. Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) combined with camrelizumab and apatinib versus TACE alone in the treatment of unresectable ...

The doctor resumed biliary tract surgery in June last year, with a consultant surgeon to be available immediately, if required. The latest report - which refers to the doctor as Surgeon A - said ...