Blocked Bile Duct Operation

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Blocked bile duct operation.

The bile ducts carry bile secreted by the liver to digest fats to the gallbladder and small intestine. A bile duct obstruction also known as biliary obstruction is when one of the ducts that carry bile from the liver to the intestine via the gallbladder becomes blocked. The surgeon creates a bypass around the tumor blocking the bile duct by connecting part of the bile duct before the blockage with a part of the duct that lies past the blockage the bile duct may also be connected to the intestine itself. Madhu prasad has years of experience in performing surgical procedures for treating conditions that occur due to bile duct obstruction and other problems.

In some cases surgery is required to bypass the blockage. An ercp may be sufficient to remove small stones from the common bile duct or to place a stent inside the duct to restore bile flow. The following tests may be used to investigate a possible blocked bile duct. It can be blocked blocked bile duct by benign conditions such as gallstones or strictures related to stone disease but more worringly can be blocked by cancers arising in the head of the pancreas the bile duct itself cholangiocarcinoma or around its opening into the duodenum peri ampullary tumours.

Depending on the cause these symptoms can develop abruptly or slowly with time. In complicated or recurrent bile duct stones the operation may include a drainage procedure replumbing the bile duct to improve the flow of bile into the bowel and prevent stones reforming. For example gallstones may cause severe acute symptoms. This is often used in cases where obstruction is caused by a.

Tumors may cause a more gradual onset of symptoms. If left untreated this. When the bile ducts get blocked bile builds up in the liver causing jaundice and other life threatening conditions. Often the gallbladder is used to provide some of the bypass.

If the blockage is caused by cancer the duct may need to be widened. Bile duct obstruction treatment usually involves surgery or an endoscopic procedure.