choledocholithiasis

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choledocholithiasis

[‚kō·lə‚däk·ə‚li′thī·ə·səs]

(medicine)

The presence of calculi in the common bile duct.

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The majority of these cases were eventually shown to have choledocholithiasis with concurrent chronic cholecystitis.

Applied hepatobiliary scintigraphy in acute cholecystitis

The authors of "Diagnosis and Management of Choledocholithiasis in the Golden age of Imaging Endoscopy and Laparoscopy" conclude that BDS management by ERCP often depends on the availability of instrumentation, personnel and skills.

Which to choose: ERCP vs. laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

choledocholithiasis, pancreaticobiliary strictures and dilatation.

Accuracy of MRCP compared with ERCP in the diagnosis of bile duct disorders

7) Elevated CA 19-9 levels seen in the above conditions and as seen in cholangitis and choledocholithiasis may be due to the increased production and/or release of the antigen from the inflamed epithelial cells.

CA 19-9: not a magic marker for pancreatic cancer

It covers development and function of the pancreas, bile duct and gallbladder, gallstones and gallbladder disorders, choledocholithiasis, bile duct injuries, ampullary disorders, infections of the biliary system, carcinoma, acute and chronic pancreatitis, ductal complications, solid tumors, cystic lesions, surgical approaches to pancreatic cancer and biliary tract surgery, imaging using endoscopic ultrasound, MRI and related imaging, and the role of the radiologist in pancreaticobiliary diseases.

The clinician's guide to pancreaticobiliary disorders

Traditional medical dogma says to delay the surgery until after delivery, but some surgeons perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with repeated episodes of pain or biliary complications such as choledocholithiasis or pancreatitis.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy ok in pregnancy: 150 successful cases

Here we report on a novel Hb variant at this position [[beta]66(E10) Lys[right arrow]Asn] found in a 73-year-old Caucasian patient with a 9-month history of type 1 diabetes mellitus secondary to recurrent necrotizing pancreatitis and choledocholithiasis.

Novel hemoglobin variant [[beta]66(E10) Lys[right arrow]Asn], with decreased oxygen affinity, causes falsely low hemoglobin, [A.sub.1c] values by HPLC

3 ND 5 choledocholithiasis ND ND 6 pancreatitis ND ND 7 ?

Incidence and clinical features of liver injury related to Kampo (Japanese herbal) medicine in 2,496 cases between 1979 and 1999: problems of the lymphocyte transformation test as a diagnostic method

What part of choledocholithiasis don't you understand?

Paving the way for electronic medical records. (Health Care Meets E-commerce)

An urgent cholecystectomy is performed if the patient is experiencing more severe gallbladder problems, such as acute cholecystitis, choledocholithiasis, and cholangitis.

When laparoscopic gallbladder surgery goes wrong

22) Common etiologies of abdominal pain in pregnant women include appendicitis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cholecystitis, choledocholithiasis, ureteric calculi, pyelonephritis, ovarian torsion, and degenerating fibroids.

MRI in abdominopelvic emergencies

Proponents of prophylactic cholecystectomy at the time of gastric bypass worry about gallstone pancreatitis, choledocholithiasis, and the unique problems they present in the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass," he said.