Update on Treatment Options for Advanced Bile Duct Tumours: Radioembolisation for Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma

Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare form of gastrointestinal cancer with a poor prognosis. Patients often present with biliary obstruction or non-specific abdominal pain, and a high proportion of patients have advanced disease at initial diagnosis. The goal of this review is to discuss treatment options for patients with advanced bile duct tumours focusing on radioembolisation (RE) and its impact on o...

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Treatment options for common bile duct stones.

n 83 year old woman presented with a two week history of right upper quadrant pain, pale stools, dark urine, and itch. In the previous five years there had been two episodes of similar symptoms, ultrasound scan showing multiple gall bladder calculi. Past history included hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and obesity. On examination she was not clinically icteric, apyrexic, but mildly tend...

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SELF ASSESSMENT ANSWERS Treatment options for common bile duct stones

Q1: What are the treatment options for this patient? These are summarised in fig 1. Endoscopic extraction of common bile duct stones after spincterotomy and mechanical lithotripsy has a success rate of up to 95% and is considered the treatment of choice. 2 The reason for failure in this case was the large size of the bile duct calculus. Other reasons include bile duct strictures, unusual anatom...

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SELF ASSESSMENT ANSWERS Treatment options for common bile duct stones

Q1: What are the treatment options for this patient? These are summarised in fig 1. Endoscopic extraction of common bile duct stones after spincterotomy and mechanical lithotripsy has a success rate of up to 95% and is considered the treatment of choice. 2 The reason for failure in this case was the large size of the bile duct calculus. Other reasons include bile duct strictures, unusual anatom...

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SELF ASSESSMENT ANSWERS Treatment options for common bile duct stones

Q1: What are the treatment options for this patient? These are summarised in fig 1. Endoscopic extraction of common bile duct stones after spincterotomy and mechanical lithotripsy has a success rate of up to 95% and is considered the treatment of choice. 2 The reason for failure in this case was the large size of the bile duct calculus. Other reasons include bile duct strictures, unusual anatom...

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Update on Treatment Options for Advanced Bile Duct Tumours: Radioembolisation for Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma

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