Nagoya University researchers and their collaborators have found that minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery significantly reduces blood loss and improves jaundice recovery compared to traditional ...

Patients with biliary tract cancer achieved a better survival outcome after receiving treatment with an oral antimetabolite following surgical resection than patients who only were treated with ...

Dr. Shaun P. McKenzie discusses bile duct cancer challenges and why awareness and specialized care help patients get ...

Many centers routinely perform preoperative drainage procedures for patients with obstructive jaundice from pancreatic cancer because jaundice is believed to increase morbidity and mortality. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Healio spoke with Ahmad Anouti, MD, about a presentation at The Liver Meeting on the prognostic value of ...

Bile duct cysts are atypical enlargements that develop within your biliary system. They may disrupt the normal flow of bile from the gallbladder and liver to your small intestine. Bile duct growths ...

Tower Health now offers hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgical oncology services led by Dr. Gary S. Xiao, chief, hepato-pancreato-biliary surgical oncology. HPB surgery treats malignant and benign ...

This study found significant inter-hospital variability in the age at which Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia is performed in tertiary children's hospitals in the United States. Improved ...

Following a successful KPE expansion of K7 positive bile duct epithelium and transdifferentiating parenchymal intermediate hepatocytes (green color) in the vicinity of portal tracts are associated ...

Phantom gallbladder pain is commonly due to post-cholecystectomy syndrome. It occurs when symptoms around the gallbladder mimic cholecystitis pain but stem from a different cause. Post-cholecystectomy ...

Bile duct and gallbladder cancers are uncommon, with an estimated 12,130 new cases diagnosed this year according to the American Cancer Society. These cancers develop in organs deep inside the body, ...