Stents to treat various blockages in the human body can themselves become blocked, but a new sensor developed at the University of Michigan for stents that are used in the bile duct may one day help ...

An anti-reflux valve developed to help esophageal cancer patients also has been shown to help those with bile duct obstruction, according to Kulwinder S. Dua, M.D., a research physician at the Medical ...

Endosonography-guided biliary drainage is a new method that enables internal drainage of bile. A research group performed histological examination of and around the fistula created by ESBD in a ...

NATICK, Mass., Boston Scientific Corporation has completed enrollment in a clinical trial to evaluate its WallFlex® Biliary RX Fully Covered Stent for the treatment of benign bile duct strictures ...

It is estimated that about 90% of the time, bile-duct stents are used off-label, and last year FDA held a meeting for bile-duct stent manufacturers to go over what they can and cannot promote to ...

An anti-reflux valve developed to help esophageal cancer patients also has been shown to help those with bile duct obstruction, according to Kulwinder S. Dua, M.D., a research physician at the Medical ...

"The Justice is resting comfortably and expects to be released from the hospital by the end of the week," a statement from the Supreme Court read Ruth Bader Ginsburg is "resting comfortably" in a New ...

Bile duct cancer may prevent bile flowing from the liver to the intestine. Early cancers are often asymptomatic, but as the disease advances patients may experience symptoms from biliary obstruction, ...

Bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) selected as next indication for PCI Biotech. Clinical proof of concept study to start by end of 1H 2013 Oslo, 21 August 2012 - PCI Biotech (PCIB) the Norwegian ...

This bile duct stent with the "Dua Anti-Reflux Valve," named after its inventor, was cleared for use by FDA this year. The Dua stent, for short, has also been approved for use in Europe and Canada.