… and investigated primarily in northeastern Asia and Europe [8… reflecting differences in patient
populations, study methods, and … Length of sphincterotomy varies substantially between …

… Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander populations, revealed comparable findings.
… Brushings were performed with the aim of sampling across the entire length of the stricture …

… Procedure time and length of stay were not significantly different between the 2 groups. …
technical success defined as successful pancreatography, duct access with stricture dilation, and/…

… Viral hepatitides, mainly HBV and HCV, are the leading risk factors for HCC in Asian and
Western populations, respectively. HBV is a DNA virus that can disrupt key regulatory …

… The median length of the common channel in patients with … BDC and PBM confirms this
resemblance to Asian series [3, 8]. … with congenital BDC in Western population are quite close to …

… Surveillance Program, the populationbased cancer registry of … of such an effect in Latinos
or Asians; however, the number of … bacterial activity within the bile ducts themselves has been …

… tumour of the distal bile duct is controversial. The aim of this … two groups in terms of the length
of hospital stay, survival time, … -up clinical notes and the population database of the Ministry …

… The type and length of the stent inserted for biliary drainage … the intrahepatic and extrahepatic
bile ducts that is related to O… population, and similar comparisons in Western populations …

… bile duct. After separating the common bile duct, the longitudinal choledochotomy with 5–10
mm length was made in the anterior wall of common bile duct with hook knife or scissors. …

… more common in the Asian population, with a … duct enters the common bile duct outside
the duodenum, was found in 64% of our patients and has been reported in 64% to 97% of Asian …