Authors analyze occurrence of injuries of external biliary tract relating to the increasing number of laparoscopic cholecystectomies, especially of loss injuries, very demanding for its reconstruction. The early diagnosis of these injuries is emphasized and the necessity of their surgical revision as soon as possible, best still during the primary intervention. Authors present the own reconstruction method by high intrahepatic anastomoses in loss injuries of the common hepaticus and its branches.
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Eur J Clin Invest
January 2025
Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Background: Several studies have investigated the association between Helicobacter pylori colonization and gastrointestinal malignancies. However, inconsistent results have been found, leaving no clear consensus.
Materials And Methods: Umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies aiming to understand the association between Helicobacter pylori colonization and gastrointestinal cancers in humans.
Cancer
February 2025
Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
Background: This study aims to explore the genetic characteristics of biliary tract cancer (BTC), with a particular focus on the impact of DNA damage response and repair (DDR) genes on clinical outcomes.
Methods: A total of 180 patients with BTC and next-generation sequencing data were retrospectively analyzed. Clinical outcomes were compared between DDR-positive and DDR-negative groups.
Int J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; University of California, Center for Global Surgery, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Introduction And Importance: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a rare but aggressive malignancy, accounting for most biliary tract cancers. It typically presents at an advanced stage, leading to a poor prognosis, with a mean survival of six months and a five-year survival rate of 17.6 %.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF"Biliary-cast syndrome" ("BCS") is most often encountered in clinical practice as a complication after liver transplantation, there are also described cases of biliary-cast syndrome in patients who did not undergo liver transplantation, isolated cases of "BCS" developing in patients with acute pancreatitis, choledocholithiasis are described in literature. Ischemic damage to bile duct epithelium with development of cholestasis and retrograde biliary tract infection are considered as the main etiological factors. This work presents a clinical case of "Biliary-cast syndrome" in a patient with acute biliary pancreatitis and pulmonary embolism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWiad Lek
January 2025
SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, SALISBURY, UNITED KINGDOM.
Objective: Aim: To investigate the risk factors for PEP in patients with choledocholithiasis.
Patients And Methods: Materials and Methods: We have retrospectively analyzed 253 cases with choledocholithiasis that underwent ERCP. The primary endpoint was the occurrence of PEP.
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