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Newest firstA 42-year-old antibiotic-naïve man with previous laparoscopic cholecystectomy and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (HbA1c 9.7%) presented with Charcot's triad 7 days after a formally documented normal hepatobiliary evaluation (alanine aminotransferase [ALT] 22 U/L; total bilirubin 0.7 mg/dL [12 μmol/L]; common bile duct [CBD] ≤ 5 mm on ultrasound). Admission findings satisfied all three Tokyo Guidelines…
Open article record in new tab ↗We retrospectively collected PD patients with a performance of bile culture between 2007 and 2019 in our institute. As to bile culture, we used a swab to do intraoperative bile cultures after transection of the CBD. IAA was defined as the documental bacteriological culture from either a turbid discharge from the intraoperatively placed drain in patients with a clinical picture consistent with infection or a postop…
Purpose T-tube is a major procedure that prevents complication by biliary decompression, but which is accompanied by complications. Therefore, several procedures such as ENBD, PTBD, and antegrade biliary stent have been attempted, but with controversies as to which procedure is superior. Also, there are no standard procedures after laparoscopic CBD exploration. We performed this study to ascertain the most appropr…
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