Acute cholecystitis, obstruction of the common duct by a ... evidence of past or recent pancreatitis and secondary biliary-tract operations are indications for exploration of the common duct.

This investigation of 23 patients with the clinical syndrome of "primary biliary cirrhosis" was undertaken to elucidate the morphologic nature of the hepatic alterations, including their etiology ...

Serious AEs occurred in 53% of patients and included biliary obstruction (15%), biliary tract infection and sepsis (each in 8%), pneumonia (5%), diarrhea and gastric obstruction (each in 3.8% ...

"Biliary tract cancer is comparatively rare, but it's aggressive and spreads fast. Our accrual of more than 450 patients in a little more than two years really shows there is a need for new ways ...

The stricture usually causes a high-grade or complete obstruction with marked proximal dilation. However, some authors have suggested that cholangiographic appearance of a biliary stricture is not ...