The procedure can be beneficial prior to chemotherapy, but it also has high rates of complications, this new analysis shows. People with unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (pCCA) can find ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The appropriate diagnosis and management of biliary strictures has important implications in endoscopic, ...

B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. (BIS), a member of the B. Braun Group of Companies, announced the launch of its new ACCEL All-Purpose and Biliary Drainage Catheters with TrueGlide Hydrophilic ...

The focus of this teaching conference then shifted to a discussion of the important and relatively common problem of difficult-to-remove bile duct stones. First, Dr. Carr-Locke shared his expertise in ...

The benefits of preoperative biliary drainage, which was introduced to improve the postoperative outcome in patients with obstructive jaundice caused by a tumor of the pancreatic head, are unclear. In ...

2.1 Biliary obstruction involves blockage of any duct that carries bile from the liver to the gallbladder or from the gallbladder to the small intestine. It may have benign or malignant causes, and ...