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common hepatic duct

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common hepatic duct
n.
The part of the biliary duct system that is formed by the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts and is joined by the cystic duct to become the common bile duct.


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However, if the recipient common hepatic duct is diseased, too short, or otherwise inadequate for anastomosis, a choledochojejunostomy or hepaticojejunostomy with a Roux-en-Y limb is constructed.
15) Malignant biliary obstruction is usually secondary to pancreatic adenocarcinoma or is due to cholangiocarcinoma of the common bile, or common hepatic duct (including the bifurcation, collectively called hilar), or the intrahepatic bile ducts (peripheral).
[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Surgical treatment was undertaken and consisted of a left hepatic lobectomy with resection of the common hepatic duct and common bile duct, followed by anastomosis to the right hepatic duct.
 
 
 
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