It does not remove stones in the common bile duct.

Possible problems include injury to the common bile duct or the small intestine.

Several problems can arise within the common bile duct.

Symptoms are usually not present unless obstruction of the common bile duct occurs.

He was one of the first doctors to remove gallstones from the common bile duct.

A gallstone being pushed into the common bile duct.

Sphincterotomes that can be used while a guide wire remains in the common bile duct are now available.

Choledocholithiasis is the presence of a gallstone in the common bile duct.

Many cases of minor injury to the common bile duct can be managed non-surgically.

Management of common bile duct stones with a biliary endoprosthesis.

Jaundice and other symptoms caused by blockage of the common bile duct.

Common bile duct dilation and episodes of pancreatitis are also signs.

Type I: atresia restricted to the common bile duct.

The gastroduodenal artery, portal vein, and common bile duct lie just behind it.

In the present series we report our experience with biliary endoprosthesis placing for the management of common bile duct stones over a two year period.

In 1888 he performed the first choledochoduodenostomy (anastomosis of the common bile duct to the duodenum).

It can be confused with bleeding from the common bile duct on endoscopy, leading to the term pseudohematobilia.

In the congenital form, the common bile duct between the liver and the small intestine is blocked or absent.

The most common cause for obstruction is choledocholithiasis, or gallstones in the common bile duct.

Few reports have been published on the use of biliary endoprosthesis for the management of common bile duct stones.

Gallstones can form in the common bile duct years after the gallbladder is removed, although this is rare.

If a gallstone is present in the common bile duct, the doctor can sometimes remove the stone with instruments inserted through the endoscope.

The ultrasound probe is used to locate gall stones which may have migrated into the common bile duct.

This conduction of bile is the main function of the common bile duct.

More concisely, tumors that obstruct the common bile duct result in an enlarged gallbladder.