Endoscopic ultrasound–guided rendezvous and precut sphincterotomy are both effective salvage techniques for patients with ...

A new study links high glycemic index and load diets with increased risk of pancreatic steatosis, while fibre intake appears protective.

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Medical Center ... Imaging studies revealed duodenal perforation, common bile duct stones, and portal vein thrombosis. By reviewing the patient’s clinical presentation, ...

The study of pancreatic-enzyme concentrations in duodenal ... Two patients had common-duct stones at re-exploration. In 3 a transduodenal sphincterotomy had been done at the time of ...

A 59-year-old British lawyer who delayed getting a diagnosis for his bile duct cancer passed away just three weeks later. Johnathan Ainsworth’s wife said he was constantly suffering from stomachache, ...

A large enough gallstone can get stuck at the junction where the main pancreatic duct and the common bile duct come together. These ducts empty into the duodenum, the first part of the small ...

Disulfidptosis is a newly discovered formation of programmed cell death. However, the significance of disulfidptosis in pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains unclear. Our investigation aims to elucidate ...

Hoi-Hung Chan; Kwok-Hung Lai; Chiun-Ku Lin; Wei-Lun Tsai; E-Ming Wang; Ping-I Hsu; Wen-Chi Chen; Hsien-Chung Yu; Huay-Min Wang; Feng-Woei Tsay; Cheng-chung Tsai; I-Shu Chen; Yu-chia Chen; Huei ...

One large stone or many little ones may form ... Pancreatectomy The surgical removal of part, or all, of the pancreas. Pancreatic Duct The main exocrine duct of the pancreas. Pancreatic enzymes from ...

Gallstones may block the channel through which digestive enzymes travel — the pancreatic duct — causing acute gallstone pancreatitis. With this condition, the enzymes start digesting the ...