Supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Japanese Foundation for the Research and Promotion of Endoscopy No.22590764 and No.25461035
AIM To assess the long-term outcomes of this procedure after removal of self-expandable metal stent(SEMS). The efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasoundguided gallbladder drainage(EUS-GBD) with SEMS were also asses...
Duplication of gall bladder is a rare congenital anomaly of the hepatobiliary system. It is a very important entity in clinical practice as preoperative diagnosis plays a significant role in the management and to avoi...
Endoscopic self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) placement has become a standard palliative therapy for pa- tients with malignant biliary obstruction. Acute cholecystitis after SEMS placement is a serious complication. W...
The gold-standard management of acute cholecystitis is cholecystectomy.Surgical intervention may be contraindicated due to permanent causes.To date,the classical approach is percutaneous cholecystostomy in patients un...
AIM: To investigate the referred pain area in patients 2-7 years after cholecystectomy in order to test the hypothesis that neuroplastic changes could give rise to post cholecystectomy pain. METHODS: Forty patients we...
Three kinds of chronic cholecystifis were investigated with SEM.The results showed thatin the mild chronic cholecystitis,pathological changes represented mainly the collapse on the surfaceof the mucosa and the separat...