Background: Gallstones are the presence of bile clay in the gallbladder or bile ducts. The disease can be asymptomatic or symptomatic and can lead to complications and consequently a worse prognosis, ...

Cholelithiasis can lead to serious complications. It is therefore important to schedule surgery at the appropriate time, emphasizes Dr. Alexandros Giakoustidis, General Surgeon specializing in liver, ...

The congenital gallbladder agenesis presents a diagnostic challenge due to its atypical clinical features, often leading to misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis and ultimately unnecessary surgeries. The ...

Introduction As the main manifestation of gallstone disease, biliary colic (BC) is an episodic attack that brings patients severe pain in the right upper abdominal quadrant. Although acupuncture has ...

Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic noncaseating granulomatous disease that rarely affects the gastrointestinal system. The initial diagnosis of sarcoidosis with ...

New evidence shows that colic is usually a benign gut–brain interaction disorder, and only infants with additional allergic symptoms should undergo a structured cow’s-milk elimination and ...

Biliary atresia (BA) represents one of the leading causes of pediatric liver failure, often requiring surgical intervention or transplantation in early infancy. Although traditionally viewed as an ...

In response to high cholesterol or an unhealthy diet, your gallbladder may produce hardened pieces of cholesterol and pigment called gallstones. You might wonder what this means for your health. In ...

TUPELO – Dr. Will Cauthen doesn't have to crunch numbers in his head when speaking of the gallbladder surgeries he's performed. He does between 200 to 250 a year. Gallstones are the culprit in causing ...

My firstborn had colic, and it was bad. I remember laughing at the “Rule of Threes” criteria—three hours a day, three days a week, for at least three weeks. Try 10 hours a day of red-faced screaming, ...

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune disorder that leads to the destruction of bile ducts within the liver. As more bile ducts become lost and damaged, bile acids build up within the ...

Tovecimig combined with paclitaxel showed a 17.1% response rate in biliary tract cancer, outperforming paclitaxel alone. The COMPANION-002 study reported lower progressive disease rates with tovecimig ...