eur/usd-1.04044%; usd/jpy +0.48761%; gbp/usd-0.79289%; usd/chf +0.76109%; usd/cad +0.64071%; eur/jpy-0.55790%; aud/usd-0.51522%; cny/usd-0.01216%
Bile passes out of the liver through the bile ducts and is stored in the gallbladder. After a meal, it is released into the small intestine. When the bile ducts become blocked, bile builds up in the liver, and jaundice (yellow color of the skin) develops due to the increasing levels of bilirubin in the blood. The possible causes of a blocked bile duct include: Cysts of the common bile duct. Enlarged lymp nodes in the porta hepatis.
Placement of bile duct stents: Bile duct stents are needed when the patient develops jaundice due to blockage of the bile duct. The gastroenterologist passes a plastic tube from the duodenum through the blockage into the bile duct so that the blockage in the bile duct is bypassed by the stent.