Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is indicated in both the diagnosis and the management of a bile duct leak following hepatobiliary surgery. In the following case, a history of ...

A 35-year-old chronic alcoholic patient presented with abdominal pain and distention and vomiting for 4 days. He had peritoneal signs, his abdominal x-rays showed no pneumoperitoneum, and his ...

Microplastics are small particles that are a byproduct of plastics that are used in everyday life. Be it for food storage or making water portable in a vessel, people tend to underestimate where the ...

Background. A 66-year-old white man with a history of cryptogenic cirrhosis complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma, ascites and hepatic encephalopathy presented with a productive cough and pleuritic ...

A marker in bile known as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important role in the growth of cancerous tumors according to new research. Researchers found that VEGF levels from bile ...