“Hand As Foot” teaching method in the extrahepatic biliary duct and congenital biliary diseases

Congenital Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia

Case 1. The elder of two sibs, this boy was born on May 21, 1965 to unrelated healthy parents aged 29 (mother) and 30 years (father). Birthweight was 2820 g.; delivery was by forceps. His mother had 'influenza' between the fifth and sixth months of the pregnancy which had been otherwise normal. There was no previous foetal loss. Four generations of the family, comprising, in addition to the par...

Surgical treatment of congenital biliary duct cyst

BACKGROUND It is acknowledged that total cyst excision is a safe and ideal surgical treatment for congenital biliary duct cyst, compared to simple internal drainage. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal operation occasion and the effect of laparoscopy on congenital biliary duct cyst based upon total cyst excision. METHODS From January 2002 to January 2011, 217 patients were admi...

Repair of extrahepatic biliary duct over T-tube.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the result of surgical procedures adopted for repair of iatrogenic injuries of extrahepatic biliary tract over T-tube. METHODS An interventional study conducted at Surgical Unit 1 of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi; and private hospitals in Karachi, from 1974 to 2004 (30 years). All the iatrogenic injuries of extrahepatic biliary tract during open cholecystectomies were...

Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia

Extrahepatic biliary duct obstruction as a result of involuntary transcavitary implantation of hair in a cat

CASE SUMMARY A 4-year-old male neutered domestic shorthair cat was referred for investigation of jaundice. The cat had a recent history of a skin laceration repair following trauma. Sequential serum biochemistry demonstrated increasing plasma bilirubin concentrations; abdominal ultrasonography revealed ongoing pancreatitis and apparent extrahepatic obstruction of the common bile duct. Explorato...