Our data show that both nasobiliary drainage and transpapillary stenting are effective in the therapy of bile duct leakages. The small number of patient in our study did not allow for a ...

Biliary Stent: A tube inserted into the bile duct to keep it open and allow bile to flow from the liver to the intestine. Pericarditis: Inflammation of the pericardium, the fibrous sac surrounding ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When double-stent placement (duodenal and biliary) is considered, biliary stent placement can be performed either preceding or following ...

This test is also called a PTC. You may have a sample of tissue (biopsy) taken during a PTC. If your bile duct is blocked your doctor may put a drain or stent in so the bile can drain. Your doctor ...

pancreatic duct strictures and pancreatic duct stones; however, severe complications can occur. Endoscopic stent placement has been recommended as an alternative treatment for this condition.

Intrahepatic bile duct cancer develops within the liver's ... the needles can be used for biopsies from the tumour, biliary stenting - plastic or metal that helps in resolution of jaundice ...

Moss told his fans that he had undergone surgery for bile duct cancer six days prior. The surgery was called a Whipple procedure. Moss also underwent surgery on Thanksgiving to put a stent in his ...

The Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) successfully performed a transhepatic stent-assisted portal vein aneurysm coil embolization, ...

Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss said Friday he is being treated for cancer found outside his bile duct between his ... He had a procedure to put a stent in his liver on ...

He said a cancerous mass was found in his bile duct between the pancreas and liver ... Moss, 47, said he had a procedure to install a stent into his liver on Thanksgiving in an unrelated matter ...