Abstract Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1038/s41598-025-86755-9. Article type: Research Article Keywords: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography,…
Abstract Background: Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) plus UDCA (C&U), and terpene are widely administered to prevent common bile…
Abstract The use of endobiliary radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to generate a benign biliary stricture (BBS) model has a significant reproducibility…
Abstract Purpose: Repeating endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with recurrent common bile duct (CBD) stones is problematic in many…
Abstract Common bile duct (CBD) stones are generally associated with greater elevations of alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase levels than…