We studied liver-biopsy specimens from 11 patients with chronic stenosis of the common bile duct due to chronic pancreatitis; all the patients had undergone liver biopsy before or at the time of ...

Many centers routinely perform preoperative drainage procedures for patients with obstructive jaundice from pancreatic cancer because jaundice is believed to increase morbidity and mortality. This ...

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Patients with acute cholangitis are twice as likely to be readmitted within 30 days if they don't get a cholecystectomy in the same hospital admission for which they get biliary decompression, ...

Effect of bevacizumab on sinusoidal injury in patients receiving oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy and liver damage after massive hepatectomy in rats. Second interim analysis of GIDEON (Global ...

The median survival time for patients with unresectable bile-duct tumors is ∼70 days, with standard palliative therapies aimed at biliary decompression. Preliminary, uncontrolled studies of ...

Hilar cholangiocarcinoma has a poor prognosis and surgery remains the only curative option. However, few patients are diagnosed at a curable stage and palliative therapies are, therefore, mandatory.