Does intraoperative cholangiography performed at the time of cholecystectomy reduce the risk for bile duct injury? To answer this question, Sheffield and colleagues looked at the frequency of common ...

Is routine operative cholangiography during gallbladder removal beneficial? In this study, the authors conducted a randomized trial in 190 patients undergoing cholecystectomy. Common duct stones were ...

This retrospective, single-center study included consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy over a 9 year period (1992–2001). All patients underwent static intraoperative ...

Bile duct injury significantly impairs survival after cholecystectomy, particularly when it goes undetected during surgery, show the results of a study published in the BMJ. Furthermore, the authors ...

INTRAVENOUS cholangiography with iodipamide sodium was introduced in clinical medicine in 1953 as a method for rapid high contrast visualization of the biliary ducts and gall bladder. 1 An abundant ...

The role of microbiological analysis of bile from patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is unclear. Although the majority of such patients have positive cultures, ...

The exact meaning of the medical terminology,'Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography' - A procedure to x-ray the hepatic and common bile ducts. A contrasting agent is injected into the liver or ...

What are the benefits and harms, and cost effectiveness of routine intraoperative cholangiography in people with low to intermediate risk of common bile duct stones? In the evidence reviewed for this ...

Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography: experience with 54 cases G. W. Ritchie, D. C. Jackson and H. Eaglesham CMAJ January 18, 1969 100 (3) 110-116; Article Responses Metrics ...