To understand bile duct cancer, it helps to know about the bile ducts and what they normally do. Bile is a fluid made in your liver and stored in your gallbladder. Your bile ducts are a series of thin ...

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

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

We have broad indications for exploring the common bile duct 16 and have depended upon a careful mechanical exploration of the duct to detect and remove common-duct stones.

A PTCD tube was left in place postoperatively. Conclusion: For patients with a history of two or more abdominal surgeries who experience recurrent common bile duct stones, PTCD has the advantages of a ...

Introduction: Although laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) is considered a safe and effective method for treating choledocholithiasis, the absence of any biliary or abdominal drainage ...

The following is a summary of “Analysis of the efficacy of Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography Drainage (PTCD) and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the treatment of ...

You might have targeted or immunotherapy drugs to treat bile duct cancer. Which one you have may depend on gene changes in the cancer cells.

“While most people with bile duct cancer also have gallstones, the reverse is not true. Having gallstones does not necessarily mean you have a higher chance of getting bile duct cancer,” explains Dr.

Cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, occurs when a malignant (cancerous) tumor grows in one of the ducts that transport bile from the liver to the small intestine.