Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has become a widely available and routine procedure, whilst open cholecystectomy has largely been replaced by a laparoscopic approach, which may ...

Major complications resulting from this procedure (including bleeding, wound infection, bile duct injury ... that is presumed to be caused by biliary sludge or microlithiasis empirically should ...