biliary stricture…

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bile pathway, bile duct stricture, biliary stricture involves an abnormal narrowing, the biliary duct that transports bile, a chemical used in digestion, liver, small intestine, biliary strictures, surgical trauma, bile ducts, after surgery to remove the gallbladder, cholecystectomy, blunt injury, intestine, pancreatitis, breakdown, the duct by a gallstone, in the bile duct, primary sclerosing cholangitis, cancer, the bile duct, risk factors include previous biliary surgery, pancreatitis, cholelithiasis, injury, intestine, abdominal pain, fever, chills, jaundice, pale, clay-colored stools, nausea, vomiting, itching, tests that show stricture, in the bile duct, ercp, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ptc, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram, mrcp, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, blood tests that indicate abnormal function, biliary system, bilirubin level is elevated, alp, alkaline phosphatase, elevated, tests, fecal fat, urine bilirubin, prothrombin time, pt, amylase, lipase, either endoscopic, a tube, an endoscope is passed, a small incision, percutaneous, the skin, dilation, the stricture used, depending on the location, the stricture, objective of surgical therapy, re-establish the flow of bile, liver, intestine, depending on the location, stricture surgically removed, biliary duct rejoined, the small intestine, hepatic duct, patients, a stent, across the bile duct stricture to keep it open, treatment, successful, recurrent inflammation, the biliary duct, stricture, patients, patients, at risk, infection developing, above the stricture, long-standing strictures, lead to cirrhosis, symptoms recur after pancreatitis, cholecystectomy, biliary surgery.