Your liver is one of the most vital organs, responsible for detoxification, digestion, and metabolism. However, liver damage ...

Since September 1995, the UAB Liver Center has pioneered new treatments for liver and biliary tract disease. We offer specialized care through outpatient clinics and our inpatient hepatology service ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD While the occasional appearance of clay-colored stool (poop) isn't typically a cause ...

PUDUCHERRY: The Department of Surgical Gastroenterology at JIPMER, in association with the Association of Minimal Access ...

Inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts—also known as cholangiopathies—can stop the bile from flowing, a vital fluid that helps digest fats. When bile can’t move through these ducts, it ...

The development of hepatic encephalopathy after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion, especially within 30 days, is linked to impaired survival in patients with liver cirrhosis.

The liver is one of the body’s most vital organs, working tirelessly behind the scenes to detoxify, regulate metabolism, ...

Benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous) tumors in the biliary system can interfere with bile flow or inflame the liver. A doctor may be able to remove the tumor surgically. If the tumor is ...

This investigation of 23 patients with the clinical syndrome of "primary biliary cirrhosis" was undertaken ... (Table 1), and in each case adequate liver tissue was available for evaluation.

Biliary tract cancer occurs in the bile ducts and gallbladder ... Imfinzi is also approved for forms of lung and liver cancer and said in its second-quarter update that BTC and hepatocellular ...

His research focuses on new targeted therapies, immunotherapies, novel drug combinations and other experimental therapies for patients with liver and biliary-tract cancers. Other areas of expertise ...