occlusion of cystic duct

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A large number of human and animal studies have challenged the hypothesis that cystic duct obstruction by… (More)

Nuclear medicine hepatobilary imaging (HIDA) is a time proven imaging methodology that uses radioactive drugs and specialized… (More)

Tuberculosis of the gall bladder, a rarity in itself, is always found associated with gallstones or cystic duct obstruction. The… (More)

During laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), cystic duct occlusion can be done with titanium clips or laparoscopically tied knots… (More)

Recurrent cholelithiasis must be expected after gallstone removal without cholecystectomy. Chemical gallbladder ablation may… (More)

Ultrasonography of 53 patients with stones in either the common bile duct (CBD) or the gallbladder neck/cystic duct revealed… (More)

Cholescintigraphy with 99m-Tc labeled iminodiacetic acid (IDA) derivatives has proved to be extremely reliable in the evaluation… (More)

The hypothesis that the elements essential for the induction of acute cholecystitis are the presence of lithogenic bile and… (More)

In 460 cholecystectomies performed for acute cholecystitis 215 (47%) positive gallbladder bile cultures were obtained. In 73% of… (More)

Cholescintigraphy with N-substituted iminodiacetic acid (HIDA) labelled with technetium-99m is a new noninvasive technique for… (More)