Mirizzi syndrome is a rare gallbladder pathology characterized by an impacted gallstone in the gallbladder neck or cystic duct causing extrinsic compression of the common hepatic duct. Although pain ...

Included in this prospective study cohort were all patients with CBDS and gallbladder stones treated with laparoscopic common bile duct stone extraction (LCBDE) at the Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital and ...

THE present report concerns a patient who was successfully treated for cystic dilatation of the common bile duct associated with congenital absence of the gall bladder. Both these anomalies are rare, ...

Your liver makes bile, a chemical that helps you digest food. The plumbing system of ducts that runs between your liver, gallbladder, and small intestine is how bile moves around. Some of it goes ...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was recently released from the hospital after being diagnosed and treated for acute cholecystitis — a benign gallbladder condition. While acute cholecystitis ...

Suddenly one day you have pain in the upper right part of your abdomen, that moves around to your back and shoulder. It's so severe that you feel nauseous. These are common symptoms of an inflamed ...

‌Biliary obstruction is when your bile duct becomes blocked. Bile ducts are vessels that carry bile from your liver and gallbladder through your pancreas to your intestines. A blockage in your bile ...

The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped pouch that lies beneath the liver, in the upper abdomen. It stores bile. This fluid, produced by the liver, helps digest fat. The gallbladder releases bile into ...