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 ...

A case report describes two patients with hepatolithiasis who developed malignant intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile ...

April 29, 2004 — It is beneficial to replace bile during external biliary drainage, according to the results of a study published in the April issue of the Annals of Surgery. "Several authors have ...

Biliary drainage before surgery for cancer of the head of the pancreas can relieve obstructive jaundice and potentially improve surgical outcomes. However, van der Gaag et al. found that preoperative ...

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, ...

Impact of renal function on the efficacy and safety of S-1 with concurrent radiotherapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Real-world outcomes among patients (pts) treated with gemcitabine ...

Effect of adjuvant radiation on survival for extra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Subgroup analysis by baseline pain intensity (BPI) and analgesic use (BAU) in NAPOLI-1: A phase III study of liposomal ...

The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) issued a clinical guideline for the diagnosis and management of biliary strictures, or abnormal narrowing in the liver's ductal drainage system. The ...

Evidence on the safety and efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS‑BD) for biliary obstruction caused by distal malignant disease is adequate to support using this procedure.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with cancer of the pancreatic head, early surgery without preoperative biliary drainage resulted in ...