Once inflated, an expandable mesh tube (called a stent) can be inserted to keep the vessel open. Because balloon angioplasty is used to correct severely impaired blood flow, the benefits of treatment ...

Livdelzi (seladelpar) is a medicine that can treat primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) by reducing the amount of bile in your body. It does this by signaling the body to stop making bile acid.

Beta Bionics has set the terms for its plan to go public, with a goal of raising at least $114 million to support its artificial pancreas system for people with Type 1 diabetes. The California ...

Stents and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) treat blocked arteries and coronary artery disease (CAD). Stents are a less invasive option, while CABG is a major surgery. Your healthcare provider ...

The latter include atraumatic manipulation of the papilla, avoidance of pancreatic duct ... dilatation of intact biliary sphincter, avoiding placement of biliary stent through intact sphincter ...

A new clinical trial, sponsored by UCL and UCLH, aims to extend survival for some patients with cancer in the biliary tract by treating them with therapies specifically tailored to the genetic profile ...

This revealed the devastating cause of her problems — a mass on her pancreas which was confirmed to be cancer that had also already spread to her liver. Pancreatic cancer is one of the ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When double-stent placement (duodenal and biliary) is considered, biliary stent placement can be performed either preceding or following ...

The Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) successfully performed a transhepatic stent-assisted portal vein aneurysm coil embolization, ...