I performed a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient who had a single gallstone. During the dissection I found the cystic duct to be dilated so I transfixed it. I did not do an intraoperative ...

The cystic duct connects the top of the gallbladder’s neck to the common hepatic duct. It then joins the common bile duct, which meets pancreatic duct before it empties into the duodenum. In the ...

Acute calculous cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder caused by a gallstone or biliary sludge that blocks the cystic duct. The blockage in the cystic duct causes bile to build up in the ...

However, the cystic duct could not be isolated, for lack of a cleavage plane, and the gall bladder was finally mobilized from above downward. It then became apparent that the mass was an intrinsic ...

Mirizzi syndrome is a rare gallbladder pathology characterized by an impacted gallstone in the gallbladder neck or cystic duct causing extrinsic compression of the common hepatic duct. Although pain ...

The most common cause of cholecystitis is gallstones. Less common causes include severe illness or infection, tumors, and injury or trauma. Cholecystitis is the medical term for gallbladder ...

Your liver makes bile, a chemical that helps you digest food. The plumbing system of ducts that runs between your liver, gallbladder, and small intestine is how bile moves around. Some of it goes ...

There is not enough evidence about how well this procedure works or how safe it is. This type of procedure can cause complications. But people with this condition would otherwise need to have a ...