Nov 3, 2025 · For patients with gallstones blocking the bile duct, delays in gall bladder removal are linked to substantially higher complications.

May 8, 2001 · Choledocholithiasis Focus next shifted to an examination of the most common problem that confronts the biliary endoscopist: biliary calculi. The topics addressed within this topic area …

Apr 10, 2002 · What is the best approach for management of a patient with cholelithiasis?

May 22, 2000 · Choledocholithiasis This session comprised 3 lectures, on the following topics: gallstone pancreatitis, long-term stenting for choledocholithiasis, and techniques for bile duct stone removal.

Oct 15, 2009 · Commentary on a study on endoscopic ultrasonography vs endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for suspected choledocholithiasis, published September 2009 in the …

May 8, 2001 · Biliary Strictures and Choledocholithiasis The focus of this teaching conference then shifted to a discussion of the important and relatively common problem of difficult-to-remove bile duct …

Nov 29, 2006 · The patient is a 20-year-old white woman with mild-to-moderate acute pancreatitis, with febrile illness and progressive elevation of peripheral WBC count. John Baillie, MD, explores the issues.

Background Choledocholithiasis is the second most frequent complication of common bile duct (CBD) diseases and occurs in 10% to 15% of CBD patients. [1] The most common interventional options for ...

Several studies have been conducted to compare the diagnostic accuracy of EUS in choledocholithiasis (Fig. 4) with that of available imaging modalities such as abdominal ultrasonography and CT scan.

Fred M. Konikoff, MD, reviews the current state of the field regarding medical approaches to managing gallstone disease.