Management of stones in the biliary tree

The Frequency of Bacterial Agents in the Bile Juice of Patients with Bile Stones and Biliary Disorders

Abstract Background and objectives: Bile in healthy people is a sterile fluid and presence of any microorganism can be a marker for a disorder like cholelithiasis. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of bacterial agents in the bile of patients with bilestone, malignant pancreatic and biliary diseases. Material and Methods: One hundred and two bile samples were obtained, during ...

Management of stones in the biliary tree

Percutaneous Endoscopic Management for Oriental Cholangiohepatitis: A Case Report and a Brief Review of the Literature

Oriental cholangiohepatitis (OCH) is a disease characterized by intrabiliary pigment stone formation, resulting in recurrent bouts of cholangitis. OCH is found mostly in Southeast Asia but it is occasionally recognized in Western societies. OCH etiology is largely unknown. We report our experience with a patient who presented with acute cholecystitis. Following laparoscopic cholecystectomy, she...

Management of stones in the biliary tree.

Stones in the biliary tree may coexist with gall-bladder stones, may be found only in the common duct (in the absence of gall-bladder stones) or, more rarely, may be present in the intrahepatic biliary tree-as in the Caroli syndrome.1 One of the most frequent causes of choledocholithiasis, however, is the retained common duct stone which has been left behind inadvertently after elective or emer...

بررسی مقایسه ای قدرت تشخیصی کلانژیوگرافی به روش رزونانس مغناطیسی، سونوگرافی و آزمون های آزمایشگاهی در ارزیابی های قبل از عمل جراحی انسدادهای مشکوک مجاری صفراوی

Background and purpose: Evaluation of suspected biliary obstruction is performed by common old methods such as Ultrasound, CT, and invasive cholangiography. These techniques have limitations due to the poor visualization of intraductal stones (US, CT) and the need for an invasive procedure (ERCP, PTC). Magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) is noninvasive imaging modality that provides good...