Filtry
wszystkich: 2
Wyniki wyszukiwania dla: BILIARY OBSTRUCTION
-
Importance of Bile Composition for Diagnosis of Biliary Obstructions
PublikacjaDetermination of the cause of a biliary obstruction is often inconclusive from serum analysis alone without further clinical tests. To this end, serum markers as well as the composition of bile of 74 patients with biliary obstructions were determined to improve the diagnoses. The samples were collected from the patients during an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). The concentration of eight bile salts, specifically...
-
Unresectable malignant obstructive jaundice: a 2-year experience of EUS-guided biliary drainage
PublikacjaObjectives: Endoscopic biliary drainage is a first-line treatment in patients with unresectable malignant biliary obstruction. In most cases the drainage is conducted using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage or endosonography-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) represents therapeutic options after unsuccessful ERCP. Here we report on 2 years experience in the management...