Ultrasound: A painless imaging test that uses sound waves to create pictures of the gallbladder ... Jaundice: A sign of bile duct obstruction or high bilirubin levels. Medications: Pain management ...

The complications may be caused by inflammation, infection or obstruction ... accessories into the bile and pancreatic duct and remove bile duct stones. A catheter is used to inject dye into the ducts ...

What are bile ducts? The bile ducts are small, tubular structures that play an important role in digestion by transporting bile -- a yellowish-green fluid -- from the liver and gallbladder to the ...

Gallbladder and bile duct cancers are rare but aggressive, often diagnosed late due to subtle symptoms. We got in touch with ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] Incomplete stricture of the lower common bile duct was ... indicator of common-duct obstruction. It rises very rapidly ...

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 ...

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The former Vikings, Raiders and Patriots star disclosed that he underwent a six-hour operation on his pancreas, liver, gall bladder and bile duct — commonly known as a Whipple procedure.

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A new exhibition of more than 200 photographs charts 300 years of image-making in the US, showing how the country's history and photography have run in parallel. Smithsonian National Museum of ...

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