OBJECTIVES To determine whether the routine use of intraoperative cholangiography can improve survival from complications related to bile duct injuries. DESIGN Population based cohort study. SETTING Prospectively collected data from the Swedish national registry of gallstone surgery and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, GallRiks. Multivariate analysis done by Cox regression. ...

BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) is a new technique for non-invasive imaging of the biliary tract. AIM To assess the results of MRC in patients with suspected bile duct stones as compared with those obtained with reference imaging methods. PATIENTS/METHODS 70 patients (34 men and 36 women, mean (SD) age 71 (15.5) years; median 75) with suspected bile duct stones were incl...

A 60-year-old woman with recurrent upper abdominal pain of 10 days’ duration visited our hospital. Abdominal computed tomography demonstrated a stone in the common bile duct (CBD), and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was performed to remove it. The patient’s hematological and clotting parameters were normal. Deep biliary cannulation with a 0.035inch straight-tip guidewire ...

INTRODUCTION The introduction of laparoscopic techniques has caused the dispute between supporters of routine or elective intraoperative cholangiography to continue, but at present most authors recommend its elective practice on the basis of well-established preoperative and / or intraoperative indications, thus avoiding to carry out a large number of unnecessary procedures, with their inherent...

Background: Malignant biliary obstruction has a bad prognosis and adverse effect on the quality of life, with most those patients are inoperable at time diagnosis. Aim objectives: The purpose study was to evaluate efficacy different modalities interventional radiological imaging procedures as Percutenous Transhepatic cholangiography (PTC), Percutaneous drainage (PTD) stenting in management mali...

Intravenous cholangiograms were performed on 100 unselected nonicteric patients using methylglucamine ioglycamide (Biligram). Fifty patients received 10.5 g of contrast medium and 50 received 5.25 g of medium. The contrast medium was injected evenly over five minutes. Side effects were recorded in only 13% of patients and all were mild. Radiographs were taken 10, 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes aft...

OBJECTIVE To describe our experience of CT (Computed tomographic) Cholangiography examination for detection of choledocholithiasis at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi Pakistan. METHODS Seven patients underwent helical CT cholangiography for suspected choledocholithiasis. Iopanoic acid (6 grams) was administered orally 8-12 hours before acquisition of a helical CT cholangiogram....