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Clinical features Jaundice secondary to obstruction of the distal bile duct is the most common ...

Acute pancreatitis Incidence Acute pancreatitis accounts for 3% of all cases of abdominal pain ...

Annular pancreas This is the result of failure of complete rotation of the ventral pancreatic ...

CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leading cause of cancer deaths in men ...

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Anatomy The name ‘pancreas’ is derived from the Greek ‘pan’ (all) and ‘kre...

Typhoid infection of the gallbladder Salmonella Typhi or Salmonella Typhimurium can infect the ga...

Ultrasonography Transabdominal ultrasonography (USG) ( Figure 71.7 initial imaging modality of c...

Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis ( Figure 71.30 ) is an uncomm...

TUMOURS OF THE BILE DUCT Benign tumours of the bile duct Benign neoplasms such as papilloma, aden...

Tenets for safe cholecystectomy ( Table 71.5 ) Safe zone of dissection The safe zone of dissecti...

Treatment For breast-fed infants, introducing supplemental formula feeds using a medium-chain tri...

Surgical physiology Bile is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder before being rele...

TORSION OF THE GALLBLADDER This is a very rare complication, requires a long mesentery and theref...

TRAUMA Injury to the gallbladder and extrahepatic biliary tree is rare and may occur as a result...

Postcholecystectomy choledocholithiasis Any obstruction to the flow of bile can give rise to stas...

SURGICAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY The gallbladder is a pear-shaped structure, 7.5–12 /uni00A0 cm lo...

Stricture of the bile duct The causes of benign biliary stricture are given in Summary box 71.5 ...

Open cholecystectomy For patients in whom a laparoscopic approach is not indicated or in whom con...

PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS PSC is a rare idiopathic and progressive biliary tract disease cha...

Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography This is an invasive technique in which the bile ducts a...