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

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In Medicare beneficiaries, rates of bile duct injury were consistently higher with robotic-assisted cholecystectomy than with ...

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What Is Metastatic Bile Duct Cancer and Its Causes? Bile duct cancer – also called cholangiocarcinoma – is a rare condition. When you have cholangiocarcinoma, cancer cells grow in your bile ...

After abnormal results of liver-function tests have been obtained ... Ultrasonography will detect gallstones, dilatation of the bile duct or the presence of a hepatic abscess in patients in ...

In the meantime, the Magnuson lab will continue to explore how Sox17 regulates genes that are critical for formation and function of the gallbladder and bile duct system. More information ...

As jaundice increases, it may lead to coagulopathy, impaired liver function and a poor outcome ... Overall, the technical success rate of bile duct stent placement is around 90–95%.

Radiation therapy uses precisely focused high-energy beams to kill cancer cells. To treat bile duct cancer, our doctors may give radiation alone or in combination with chemotherapy or other treatments ...

You may receive chemotherapy before surgery to shrink a bile duct tumor. This is called neoadjuvant therapy. If you receive chemotherapy after surgery to destroy and cancer cells that may remain, it ...