Bile duct inflammation and scarring, known as cholangiopathies, can disrupt bile flow, leading to liver damage and potentially liver failure.

The left and right hepatic ducts come together outside the liver, forming the common hepatic duct. It’s connected to your gallbladder by the cystic duct. These ducts move bile from your liver to ...

Biliary tract infections (BTI), often linked to structural abnormalities like bile duct stones, pose significant treatment challenges due to drug-resistant bacteria like Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Phage ...

This study explores the relationship between gallstones, cholecystectomy, and cancer risk through both observational and ...

Meanwhile, bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, is more common in older adults. Several factors contribute to an increased risk, including smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity ...

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 ...

In patients with symptomatic gallbladder stones who were found to have asymptomatic concomitant common bile duct stones (CBDS ...

Chemotherapy is a drug or a combination of drugs that kills cancer cells wherever they are in the body. You may receive chemotherapy before surgery to shrink a bile duct tumor. This is called ...

The kind of radiation we recommend depends on the type of bile duct cancer, the location of the tumor, and whether it has spread. External-beam radiation therapy is the most common type of radiation ...

In Medicare beneficiaries with varying levels of risk for adverse postoperative outcomes, the rate of bile duct injury is three times higher with robotic-assisted cholecystectomy than with ...

NIH trial shows new form of TIL therapy effective against colon, rectum, pancreas, and bile duct tumors.