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Common bile duct |
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Common bile duct The branching passage through which bile—a necessary digestive enzyme—travels from the liver and gallbladder into the small intestine. Digestive enzymes from the pancreas also enter the intestines through the common bile duct. Mentioned in: Abdominal Ultrasound, Gallstones |
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A more serious--but less common--problem occurs when a stone lodges in the common bile duct. Pruthi's patient underwent various other treatments, including removal of her gallbladder at another hospital, but still had stones lodged in the common bile duct and cystic duct - the tube that connects the gall bladder to the bile duct. A Ttube cholangiogram performed 2 weeks after the procedure showed no common bile duct obstruction or stricture, and the T-tube was removed. |
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