bile duct

Examples

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• For immediate bile duct drainage, endoprosthesis insertion proved a safe and effective alternative to duct clearance.

  Academic text (2000)

• No attempt was made to clear the bile duct of stones.

  Academic text (2000)

• The aetiology of cancer of the extrahepatic bile duct is unknown.

  Academic text (1994)

• Chronic inflammation of the bile duct mucosa is a likely feature of all these conditions.

  Academic text (1994)

• Most such patients present with distal bile duct obstruction caused by cancer of the pancreas.

  Academic text (1992)

• If in doubt, a conventional endoprosthesis should be placed when a bile duct stricture is visualized.

  Academic text (1992)

• In virtually all populations, the incidence of gallbladder cancer is higher than the incidence of bile duct cancer.

  Academic text (1994)

• In elderly and high-risk patients, it may represent an important alternative to bile duct clearance, particularly in gallstone cholangitis or pancreatitis.

  Academic text (2000)

• We examined the incidence of extrahepatic bile duct cancer after cholecystectomy in a large population-based group with complete long-term follow-up.

  Academic text (1994)

• Surgeons can visualize the bile duct using imaging techniques before performing an operation.

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