A 55-year-old woman was found at the time of an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to have a 6-mm stone impacted in a short cystic duct remnant.

When a blockage of the cystic duct — the tube that delivers bile from the gallbladder — causes cholecystitis, doctors define it as calculous cholecystitis. Gallstones.

The common bile duct is a small, tube-like structure formed where the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct join. Its physiological role is to carry bile from the gallbladder and empty it into ...

More than 90% of cases of acute cholecystitis are associated with cholelithiasis (acute calculous cholecystitis). The key elements in pathogenesis seem to be an obstruction of the cystic duct in ...

However, if a stone blocks the cystic duct, inflammation and infection may occur. Acute cholecystitis is an inflammation of the gallbladder. Most cases of acute cholecystitis are caused by gallstones.

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous insertion of a cystic duct stent after cholecystostomy for acute calculous cholecystitis. This involves inserting a tube called a stent into or across ...

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous insertion of a cystic duct stent after cholecystostomy for acute calculous cholecystitis. This involves inserting a tube called a stent into or across ...