OBJECTIVE The variations in the anatomy of the biliary tract need to be recognized in modern liver surgery. The purpose of this clinical and anatomical study is to describe several novel biliary tract variations and to outline their practical importance for liver resections and transplantations. MATERIALS AND METHODS Over the previous 10 years, the anatomic variations of the bile ducts were e...

gallbladder and biliary tree is low compared with the many parenchymal hepatic conditions that occur in animals. Diseases of the extrahepatic biliary system are often confused with other intraabdominal disorders because their course and clinical signs are similar. Diseases that require surgery of the extrahepatic biliary system in dogs are primarily acquired and include extrahepatic biliary tra...

BACKGROUND Recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the extrahepatic bile duct is rare with most cases diagnosed after manifesting sudden obstructive jaundice. Here, we report an extremely rare case of recurrent HCC in the common bile duct due to hematogenous metastasis. CASE PRESENTATION A 66-year-old man underwent an extended left hepatectomy for HCC in the medial segment of the liver. F...

The rendezvous technique typically involves combined efforts of interventional radiology, endoscopy, and surgery. It can be done solely percutaneously, whereby the interventionalist gains desired access to one point in the body by approaching it from two different access sites. We present the case of a woman who underwent cholecystectomy complicated by a bile duct injury. A percutaneous rendezv...

Rupture of hydatid liver cyst into biliary tree is frequent complications that involve the common hepatic duct, lobar biliary branches, the small intrahepatic bile ducts,but rarely rupture into common bile duct. The rupture of hydatid cyst is serious life threating event. The authors are reporting a case of total rupture of hydatid cyst of liver into common bile duct. A 50-year-old male patient...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the role of laparoscopic exploration of the common bile duct in the management of common bile duct stones. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Regional minimal access surgery training centre in Hong Kong. PATIENTS Patients undergoing laparoscopic exploration of the common bile duct from 1995 to 2005. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Demographic information, reasons for faile...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Common bile duct stones are associated with the extent of dilation of the common bile duct as well as its angulation. Multidetector computed tomography (MD CT) has a good resolution for the definition of the anatomical features of the common bile duct. METHODS The multiplanar reformation images of 398 patients that underwent multidetector CT for the diagnosis of disorders not ...

bile duct ligation (bdl) is shown to induce cholestasis-related liver function impairments as well as consequent cognitive dysfunctions (i.e. impaired learning and memory formation). this study investigates the effects of cholestasis (14, 21 and 28 days post bile duct ligation) on spatial and non-spatial novelty detection, using a non-associative task. male mice weighing 30-35 g were used. chol...

Guinea-pigs,rabbits, cats and rats were used in this experiment and the following conclusion was obtained. The pars intestinalis of the common bile duct was surrounded by the circular and longitudinal muscle fibers which were ramified from the same layer of the duodenum . There are no specialized or locarized fibers as described by Oddi . When the intraluminal pressure in the common bile duct o...