Significant association between warm ischemic time and posttransplant biliary stricture

Covered metallic stent for ischemic hilar biliary stricture.

Compared with surgery, endoscopic treatment is safe and highly effective for a postoperative hilar benign bile duct stricture (BDS). However, the long-term outcome of conventional placement of a single biliary stent for hilar benign BDS is generally poor. Although the placement of multiple biliary stents is preferred, multiple stenting in a BDS is difficult. Alternatively, single or multiple st...

Biliary Stricture Following Hepatic Resection

Anatomic distortion and displacement of hilar structures due to liver lobe atrophy and hypertrophy occasionally complicates the surgical approach for biliary stricture repair. Benign biliary stricture following hepatic resection deserves special consideration in this regard because the inevitable hypertrophy of the residual liver causes marked rotation and displacement of the hepatic hilum that...

Biliary intraepithelial neoplasia: a case with benign biliary stricture

Intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas develops through a multistep carcinogenesis sequence and they are preceded by precursor lesions. Precursors of malignant neoplasm are identified in various organs including uterine cervix, gastrointestinal tract and breast. Identification of these precursor lesions are important in that they need minimal treatment or they are good indicator of d...

Significant Association Between Low Mitochondrial DNA Content in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes and Ischemic Stroke

BACKGROUND Cumulative evidence has shown that low mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content is related to elevated oxidative stress and atherosclerosis, which play important roles in ischemic stroke. The objective of this study was to explore the association between mtDNA content in peripheral blood leukocytes and ischemic stroke. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 350 patients with first-ever ischemic s...

Significant Association between Leukoaraiosis and Metabolic Syndrome