BACKGROUND Congenital agenesis of the gallbladder(CAGB)is a rare condition often misdiagnosed as cholecystolithiasis,leading to unnecessary surgeries.Accurate diagnosis and surgical exploration are crucial in patients...
Right-sided ligamentum teres(RSLT) is a congenital anomaly in which the right umbilical ligament becomes dominant and anomalous ramifications of the hepatic vessels and biliary system are present. A male patient in hi...
Aim: The short-term perioperative results of laparoscopic treatment of gallbladder (GB) carcinoma were evaluated to determine whether this technique can be a feasible treatment option. Methods: Ten patients with fundu...
BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing use of fatty meal(FM) as a substitute for cholecystokinin(CCK) in pain reproduction during hepato-imino-diacetic acid(HIDA) scan in functional gallbladder disorder, there are ...
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Gall bladder torsion(GBT) is a relatively uncommon entity and rarely diagnosed preoperatively. A constant factor in all occurrences of GBT is a freely mobile gall bladder due to congenital or acquired anomalies. GBT i...
AIM:To evaluate the detectability of gallbladder stones by dual-energy spectral computed tomography(CT) imaging.METHODS:Totally 217 patients with surgically confirmed gallbladder stones were retrospectively analyzed w...
Endoscopic ultrasound(EUS)-guided fine needle aspira-tion(FNA) of the liver is a safe procedure in the diag-nosis and staging of hepatobiliary malignancies with a minimal major complication rate. EUS-FNA is useful for...
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...
A 17-year-old girl with colicky abdominal pain andchronic anemia presented to the gastrointestinal serviceof the University Hospital of Essen. In the routineworkup, there were no pathological findings despitethe anemi...