Publications by authors named "Ahmad Karim Malik"
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- A consensus meeting of national hepatobiliary experts took place on May 26, 2023, at PKLI & RC, aiming to develop guidelines for managing hilar cholangiocarcinoma (hCCA).
- The meeting emphasized the need for a multidisciplinary approach to manage hCCA effectively, highlighting diagnostic methods like CT and MRI for staging, as well as the importance of surgical resection for potentially curative treatment.
- For patients with unresectable hCCA, options include liver transplantation and palliative chemotherapy, with guidelines suggesting personalized treatment plans based on local discussions.
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- After a liver transplant, problems with bile ducts can happen, which can make it harder for patients to recover and keep their new liver.
- One common issue is called anastomotic stricture (AS), which happens more often with living donor liver transplants compared to those from deceased donors.
- In a special case, doctors used a new method to solve a complicated AS problem in a 63-year-old man, avoiding major surgeries that could cause more health issues.
Retained surgical sponge is a relatively rare medical condition with potential serious medicolegal implications. The term "gossypiboma" is frequently used to describe this condition. We present a case of a 40-cm-long retained surgical sponge in a 43-year-old woman who presented with unexplained chronic abdominal pain for several years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpaction of Dormia basket while extracting common bile duct (CBD) stones during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is a well-known but relatively rare complication. Its management could be very challenging and may require percutaneous, endoscopic, or major surgical intervention. In this study, we present a case of a 65-year-old man with a history of obstructive jaundice secondary to a large CBD stone.
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