...Vibha Varma; Subash Gupta; Arvinder Singh Soin; Samiran Nundy Background: The presence of jaundice or an abdominal lump in gall bladder cancer (GBC) is often translated to advanced and unresectable disease. We examined whether this was true. Methods: We retrospectively analysed 120 GBC patients...

... secretion from both the exocrine and endocrine pancreas. The most common complications in chronic pancreatitis are intractable pain and the development of complicated pseudocysts. The present review will deal with these complications as well as bleeding, pancreatic ascites and pleural effusions, jaundice...

... to investigate the plasminogen activator content of the mesothelial lining of peritoneum in patients operated for non-neoplastic obstructive jaundice. Research involved 20 subjects, and the fibrinolytic activity was assessed in 6 different points of the peritoneal serosa by a method available for measuring...

... that jaundice usually appeared around 2 weeks after the trauma. This frequently fluctuated or decreased during admission and workup subsequently revealed an incomplete stenosis in the middle to lower common bile duct. Location of the stenosis and associated encasement of gastroduodenal artery suggested...

...Satoshi Ikei; Yasuo Yamaguchi; Shigeru Katafuchi; Katsutaka Mori; Yoshihisa Sera; Michio Ogawa Patients with malignant obstructive jaundice were treated by converting percutaneous transhepatic cholangio-drainage (PTCD) to internal drainage, using a new apparatus and technique. All patients had...

...Donald W. Weaver; David L. Bouwman; Peter M. van den Berg; Choichi Sugawa; Alexander J. Walt A record review of 256 patients treated for pancreatic pseudocysts (PPC) found 26 in whom jaundice was a presenting feature. Sixteen of these patients had jaundice from hepatocellular causes. Ten patients...

...Luis A.M. Hashimoto; Kiyoaki Ouchi; Muhammad M. Rahman; Masanori Suzuki; Seiki Matsuno Hepatic oxidative damage can be detected after ischemia-reperfusion and abnormal endotoxin levels. We have investigated the effects of the Pringle maneuver on normal dogs, dogs with obstructive jaundice and dogs...

.... Placement of a second stent within the first one to ensure enough length proximal to the stenosis. Jaundice sometimes presents a difficult clinical problem after surgery for gastric and pancreatic malignancies. The jaundice could be caused by hepatic metastases. Sometimes extensive metastatic...

...Itaru Endo; Mikiko Tanabe; Kuniya Tanaka; Takashi Ishikawa; Hitoshi Sekido; Shinji Togo; Akira Nakano; Hiroshi Shimada Background: We report a case of severe polycystic liver disease (PLD) with jaundice in a 57-year-old woman who underwent successful left trisegmentectomy. Method: She was admitted...

...E.A.H. Aly; C.D. Johnson Background: Surgery for patients with malignant obstructive jaundice carries high morbidity and mortality rates. Preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) has been used in an attempt to improve the outcome in these patients. Aim: To review the evidence in the literature...

... treated by pancreaticoduodenectomy between 1990 and 1996. Jaundice was present in 96% of patients, but was the first symptom only in 78%. Preoperative investigations allowed to recognize distal bile duct cancer in a minority of patients (41%). Operative mortality and morbidity were 3.7 and 44...