All impede the normal flow through bile ducts in some way, which is why the various diseases tend to cause similar symptoms.Gallstones are the most common cause of blocked bile ducts. Stones typically form inside the gallbladder and can block the common bile duct, the drainpipe at the base...
Bile duct injury The initial injury affects the small interlobular bile ducts 40–80 µm in diameter, with the smaller branches being the first to disappear,223 and to a lesser degree the septal bile ducts.345 Epithelial cells of the bile ducts are variably swollen, with a vacuolated ...
Within the first 48 h of bile duct injury (BDI), patients often show only mild nonspecific symptoms of nausea and abdominal discomfort. High clinical suspicion of these patient symptoms is necessary to achieve early diagnosis. Work-up should include imaging to assess for intra-abdominal fluid coll...
Injury to the common bile duct (CBD) during upper gastrointestinal surgery for peptic ulcer disease is a serious complication with an underestimated prevalence in light of the few cases reported in the surgical literature. Three cases of CBD injury were referred to a multidisciplinary specialized ...
Cholangitis arises in the presence of other bile duct and related disorders. Therefore the clinical presentation may include the signs and symptoms of the predisposing pathology. Abdominal pain– right upper quadrant (right hypochondrium) and upper middle abdomen (epigastrium) which may radiate to th...
Noun1.bile duct- a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum common bile duct duct,epithelial duct,canal,channel- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary cana...
The bile duct can be injured from blunt or penetrating trauma but is probably most commonly injured at the time of surgery (see Chapters 42 and 122). There was a fairly high rate of bile duct injury when laparoscopic cholecystectomy was initially introduced, at least in part related to lack...
Patients with reconstruction after injury or stricture after laparoscopic cholecystectomy had a better overall outcome than patients whose postoperative stricture developed after other types of surgery. Presenting symptoms, number of stents, interval to referral, prior repair, and length of postoperative ...
(1) bile leakage in hepatic wound: (2) residual fistula of cystic duct; (3) bile leakage in gallbladder bed; (4) leakage of T tube after common bile duct; (5) bile leakage after T tube extraction; (6) leakage of bile stoma anastomosis; (7) leakage after bile duct injury. Obviously...
1. The glandular mucosa of common bile duct shows a sensitivity to acidpeptic digestion at least as great as that of the esophagus. 2. Admixture of bile and pancreatic juice incubated from 1/2 to 48 hours failed to demonstrate evidence of digestive injury to either the common bile duct or...