Open AccessRelationship between high bile juice amylase levels and chronic bacterial infections in patients with gallbladder cancer
Author(s) -
Young Mok Park,
Hyung-Il Seo,
Suk Kim,
Seung Baek Hong,
Nam Kyung Lee,
Dong Uk Kim,
Sung Yong Han,
So Jeong Lee,
Jae Ri Kim
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
annals of surgical treatment and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2288-6796
pISSN - 2288-6575
DOI - 10.4174/astr.2022.102.3.125
Subject(s) - gastroenterology , amylase , gallbladder , medicine , incidence (geometry) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , enzyme , biochemistry , physics , optics
Pancreatic enzyme reflux into the biliary tract is associated with chronic inflammation and increased cellular proliferation in the biliary epithelium, leading to biliary carcinoma. We evaluated the relationship between high bile juice amylase levels and biliary microflora in patients with malignant gallbladder lesions.