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 ...
IN recent years, surgeons who operate upon patients for biliary-tract disease have become increasingly aware of the significant role of obstruction of the common duct at the sphincter of Oddi. This ...
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 ...