The common bile duct is a small, tube-like structure formed where the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct join. Its physiological role is to carry bile from the gallbladder and empty it into ...

Anatomy of the extrahepatic bile ducts. Extrahepatic bile ducts are small tubes that carry bile outside of the liver. They are made up of the common hepatic duct (hilum region) and the common bile ...

A common symptom of the bile duct cancer is abdominal pain; but, this appears only in the advanced stages and not in the early stages. Usually, the pain develops from the right side of the abdomen ...

From there, your bile ducts collect the bile and move it through the hepatic duct until it joins the cystic duct from your gallbladder and becomes the common bile duct.‌ ...

Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration was performed through either the transcystic (LTSE) approach in 237 patients (71.8%) or choledochotomy (LC) in 93 patients (28.2%).

Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare type of cancer that forms in these tubes. It makes up about 3 percent of gastrointestinal cancers. Because your bile ducts are deep inside your ...

Common bile duct (CBD) stones are found in ∼ 7–12% of patients undergoing cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis and often present de novo after cholecystectomy. The introduction of ...

The focus of this teaching conference then shifted to a discussion of the important and relatively common problem of difficult-to-remove bile duct stones. First, Dr. Carr-Locke shared his ...

Bile duct stones, which form from cholesterol or bile pigments, can block the bile ducts. Difficult-to-treat bile duct stones are defined by their diameter (above 15 mm), number, unusual shape (such ...