Introduction Several techniques are used for laparoscopic treatment of gallstone disease with biliary duct stone, but each approach has indications and shortcomings. We have developed a modified ...

Learn how to navigate cystic fibrosis care with confidence, from treatments and school plans to building a supportive medical team.

Here's what cystic fibrosis is, what causes it and how it's usually treated once it has been diagnosed.

The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a complex protein that helps maintain fluid balance in several organs. Mutations in the CFTR protein can lead to symptoms of ...

Cystic lesions of the pancreas were once considered to be rare and of uncertain clinical significance, as reported in the Journal in 1934. 1 Over subsequent decades, these lesions came to be ...

Cystic acne is typically large, painful and set deep in the skin, which often leaves scars in the aftermath. Here's what experts want you to know.

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

4.3. ERCP Module 2, Case 4 (cystic duct leakage) This procedure is perhaps the most complex of the procedures for two reasons: A. The participants have to inject more contrast to visualize the cystic ...

Biliary tract cancers, including intrahepatic, perihilar, and distal cholangiocarcinoma as well as gallbladder cancer, are low-incidence malignancies in most high-income countries, but represent a ...