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Nationwide Expert Survey on Appropriate Bile Duct Transection Line in Adult and Pediatric Congenital Biliary Dilatation Surgery in Japan: AOB Consensus Meeting.

Toshiharu Matsuura, Yoshitaka Kiya, Masahiro Takeda, Hiroki Mori, Takahisa Tainaka, Tetsuya Idichi +12 more

Background Resection of the extrahepatic bile duct including the gallbladder and the dilated segment, is a widely accepted surgical concept in congenital biliary dilatation (CBD) in both adult and pediatric surgeons. However, owing to the existence of various types of CBD and differences in the extent of dilatation, no consensus has been reached regarding the appropriate resection margins. Methods Consensus statem…

Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery Europe PMC

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Case Report 2015CC BYFree full text

Endoscopic biliary drainage as a bridging procedure to single-stage surgery for perforated choledochal cyst: a case report and review of the literature.

Takuya Minagawa, Shoichi Dowaki, Hiroyuki Kikunaga, Koji Fujita, Keiichi Ishikawa, Katsuaki Mori +6 more

Choledochal cyst (CC)-a congenital anomaly of the bile duct-is rare. We report a 28-year-old woman complaining of epigastralgia who was transferred to our hospital. Physical examination revealed severe tenderness to abdominal palpation without symptoms of diffuse peritonitis. Urgent contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography indicated the dilated common bile duct (CBD) was perforated, with a presumed diagnosi…

Surgical Case Reports Europe PMC

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