There are several types of surgery for bile duct cancer, which are meant to cure cancer or to manage its symptoms. Your bile ducts transport bile from the liver and the gallbladder to the small ...

After bile duct cancer surgery, you will stay in the hospital for a few days. Full recovery typically takes several weeks. Your doctor may recommend surgery to treat bile duct cancer if surgery may ...

Background: 10% to 18% of patients undergoing cholecystectomy for gallstones have common bile duct (CBD) stones. Treatment options for these stones include pre- or post-operative endoscopic retrograde ...

Laparoscopic injury to the bile ducts remains a serious complication of cholecystectomy, with potential for significant morbidity, mortality and long-term impairment of quality of life. Prevention ...

In Medicare beneficiaries with varying levels of risk for adverse postoperative outcomes, the rate of bile duct injury is three times higher with robotic-assisted cholecystectomy than with ...

Bile duct cancer is rare, but it may be fatal. A person’s outlook will depend on the location of the cancer and the stage of the disease when they receive a diagnosis. In this article, we discuss the ...

Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare type of cancer that starts in the bile ducts. Bile ducts are small tubes in your body that carry bile (digestive fluids) from your liver and ...

It’s no coincidence that “full of bile” is a phrase used to describe ill-tempered people. When the transit of this life-sustaining fluid is disrupted, as happens in the rare bile duct cancers called ...

The optimal use of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic approaches for emergency gallbladder surgery is not well-defined. Rates of bile duct injury were similar with both surgical approaches, a large ...