cholangitis/fever

OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSE The aim is to determine whether a brief course of antibiotics following therapeutic ERCP can reduce post-ERCP cholangitis in patients for whom antibiotics are not already indicated. STUDY DESIGN The study will be a prospective, randomized trial consisting of 452 patients who

Cancer of the pancreas, gallbladder, or bile ducts is the most common cause of malignant obstruction of the biliary tree. Patients who have unresectable tumors have a dismal prognosis in terms of survival and quality of life. In these cases 5-year survival is less than 2% and palliation, such as the

Jaundice is one of the most common symptoms in patients with periampullary cancers including pancreatic cancer, common bile duct (CBD) cancer, ampulla of Vater (AoV) cancer, and duodenal cancer. Traditionally, preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) was routinely performed in these cancers because it

Patients 1. This cohort study will prospectively enroll HCC patients undergoing RFA in Taipei Veterans General Hospital and Taipei Medical University Hospital. 2. The diagnosis of HCC is established by histology or on the basis of the findings of typical radiologic features in a 4-phase

All consecutive patients admitted for ERCP and treated for benign biliary stricture caused by chronic pancreatitis with or without acute pancreatitis are prospectively enrolled in the study. The age and gender of the patients and the aetiology of the pancreatitis will be recorded. At initial

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY AND SURGICAL SPECIALITIES SERVICE OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND REANIMATION INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Head: Prof. M. Girardis MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT WITH ACUTE ABDOMEN SUBMITTED TO URGENT ABDOMINAL SURGERY: pilot study randomized multicentre INTRODUCTION Acute abdomen is the

All consecutive patients admitted for ERCP and treated for benign biliary stricture caused by chronic pancreatitis are prospectively enrolled in the study. At the initial ERCP, an endoscopic sphincterotomy will be performed and one 10 Fr plastic stent will be inserted for the initial treatment of

Patients suffering from a locally invasive tumour process in the Periampullary area usually seek medical attention because of jaundice. Not only do patients suffering from jaundice show significant symptoms of exhaustion and purities, but they are also at higher risk for developing post-operative

Hypothesis: Percutaneous biliary stenting is superior to endoscopic stenting in providing successful biliary drainage by 20% in patients with unresectable malignant hilar block due to carcinoma of gall bladder. Background: Malignant biliary obstruction at the liver hilum is caused by a heterogeneous