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left hepatic duct

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left hepatic duct
n.
The duct that drains bile from the left half of the liver.

left hepatic duct,
the duct that drains the bile from the left lobe of the liver into the common bile duct.


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Magnetic resonance i maging (MRI) of the abdomen with cholangiographic reconstruction showed an isolated stricture in the common hepatic duct close to the junction of the right and left hepatic ducts (Fig.
On gross examination, the left hepatectomy specimen included a globular, 15-cm, cystic tumor arising from the left hepatic duct.
The height of the injury is usually referenced by using the Bismuth scale, which gauges an injury based on its location in relationship to the confluence of the right and left hepatic duct.
 
 
 
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