The following tests may be used to investigate a possible blocked bile duct.
Blocked bile duct operation.
For example gallstones may cause severe acute symptoms.
When the bile ducts get blocked bile builds up in the liver causing jaundice and other life threatening conditions.
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.
Tumors may cause a more gradual onset of symptoms.
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.
Madhu prasad has years of experience in performing surgical procedures for treating conditions that occur due to bile duct obstruction and other problems.
Your provider may prescribe antibiotics if an infection is suspected.
Often the gallbladder is used to provide some of the bypass.
Depending on the cause these symptoms can develop abruptly or slowly with time.
If the blockage is caused by cancer the duct may need to be widened.
This is often used in cases where obstruction is caused by a.
This is major surgery and carries an increased risk of postoperative complications when compared with keyhole surgery however it is extremely effective.
Abdominal ultrasound abdominal ct scan endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ercp percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram ptca magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography mrcp endoscopic ultrasound eus.
If left untreated this.
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.
The gallbladder will usually be surgically removed if the blockage is caused by gallstones.
In some cases surgery is required to bypass the blockage.
The bile ducts carry bile secreted by the liver to digest fats to the gallbladder and small intestine.