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digestive system, endocrine glands, bile pathway, biliary obstruction, bile duct obstruction, biliary obstruction involves, blockage of any duct that carries bile, liver, gallbladder, gallbladder, small intestine, bile, liquid secreted by the liver that contains cholesterol, bile salts, waste products bilirubin, bile salts aid, in the digestion of fats, bile passes out, the liver, the bile ducts, concentrated, stored, in the gallbladder, it is released, small intestine after a meal to help, fat digestion, an obstruction occurs, in the bile ducts, bile accumulates, in the liver, jaundice, yellow color, the skin, develops due, accumulation of bilirubin, in the blood, obstruction, gallstones, tumors, the bile ducts, pancreas, tumors, spread, biliary system, trauma, injury from gallbladder surgery, choledochal cysts, enlarged nodes, in the porta hepatis, inflammation, the bile ducts, risk factors, history of any of these conditions, cholelithiasis, gallstones, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, recent biliary surgery, recent biliary cancer, bile duct cancer, abdominal trauma, in immunosuppressed patients, obstructions, infections, pale-colored stools, lack of bilirubin, dark urine, bilirubin excreted, in the urine, jaundice, yellow skin color, itching, abdominal pain, in the upper right quadrant, fever, nausea, vomiting, health care practitioner, examine the abdomen, able to palpate, gallbladder, blood tests that show obstruction, bilirubin is elevated, alkaline phosphatase is elevated, liver enzymes, elevated, tests that show obstruction, in the bile duct, abdominal ultrasound, abdominal ct scan, ercp, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram, ptca, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, mrcp, biliary obstruction, tests, gallbladder radionuclide scan, urine bilirubin, amylase, objective of treatment, relieve the blockage, stones removed using an endoscope, an ercp, surgery is required to bypass the obstruction, gallbladder, surgically removed biliary obstruction, gallstones, prescribe antibiotics, biliary obstruction, infection is suspected, in blockage, cancer, endoscopic, using an endoscope, percutaneous, the skin, dilation, the obstruction, placement of a tube, drainage required, biliary obstruction is not corrected, lead to infections, life-threatening, obstruction lasts a long period of time, chronic liver disease, most obstructions, endoscopy, surgery, obstructions, cancer often have a worse outcome, complications include infections, sepsis, liver disease biliary cirrhosis from untreated obstruction, a change, in the color of urine, stools, development of jaundice, awareness of risk factors, allow prompt diagnosis, treatment of biliary obstruction, obstruction, not be preventable.