title: Oriental cholangiohepatitis - is our surgery appropriate?
abstract: Oriental cholangiohepatitis, or recurrent pyogenic cholangitis is only noted in certain parts of the world, especially South East Asia. Due to increasing immigration the disease is now being seen in western countries also. Treating physicians may face difficulty in managing such cases due to lack of exposure. Furthermore management of such cases is not standardized because of lack of a universally accepted classification system. Here we review the disease and share our long experience with management of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, 190011, India. Electronic address: fazlparray@rediffmail.com.
authors.forename: Fazl Q
authors.initials: FQ
authors.lastname: Parray
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, 190011, India.
authors.forename: Mehmood A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wani
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, 190011, India.
authors.forename: Nazir A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Wani
mesh_terms: D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004766:Enterostomy; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection
keywords: Access loops; Cholangiohepatitis; Cholangitis; Lithogenesis; Oriental