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Newest firstBackground Giant congenital biliary dilation (CBD) is a rare condition observed in clinical practice. Infants born with this condition often experience a poor overall health status, and the disease progresses rapidly, leading to severe biliary obstruction, infections, pressure exerted by the enlarged CBD on abdominal organs, disturbances in the internal environment, and multiple organ dysfunction. The treatment of…
Open article record in new tab ↗Introduction In some patients with congenital biliary dilation (CBD), biliary cirrhosis has been reported to rapidly progress from the neonatal period to the infantile period. We herein report an infantile case of CBD that showed severe biliary cirrhosis at the diagnosis, which was treated by laparoscopic surgery. Case presentation A 16-month-old girl underwent conservative therapy for liver dysfunction and cholan…
Background Currently, there is an unwavering consensus that the standard surgery for congenital biliary dilation (CBD) is extrahepatic bile duct resection and choledochojejunostomy. However, decades prior, choledochocyst-gastrointestinal anastomosis without extrahepatic bile duct resection (internal drainage surgery, IDS) was preferred for CBD because of its simplicity. Currently, there is almost no chance of a su…
Open article record in new tab ↗Aim Pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) with or without congenital biliary dilatation (CBD) is a risk factor for biliary tract cancer. We investigated long-term outcomes after biliary diversion operation with special reference to types of CBD. Methods Subjects comprised 40 adult patients who underwent biliary diversion operation for PBM without biliary tract cancer. Group A comprised 20 patients with type Ia or I…
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