Motor activity of the sphincter of Oddi has been evaluated in 34 patients who underwent ERCP examination. Manometric recordings from the common bile duct and the sphincter of Oddi were performed with a polyethylene triple lumen catheter. At ERCP 16 patients had undamaged biliary ducts; six had undergone cholecystectomy and six had gall bladder stones; 18 patients had common bile duct stones; ni...

Five functions relating to the bile excretion were recorded simultaneously; that is, pressures of the gall bladder and the common bile duct, amount of bile discharged into the duodenum, spike discharges of the sphincter of Oddi and the duodenal wall. In the observation of motility of the sphincter of Oddi, we used the rubber tube passing through it. Bile flow into the duodenum was continuously ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the influence of glutamine and obstructive jaundice on left colon healing in rats. METHODS Sixteen male rats were allocated across four groups: LG--Common bile duct ligation followed by colotomy and bowel suture on postoperative day 7. Supplementation with glutamine 2% from day 4 after duct ligation until euthanasia. L--Common bile duct ligation followed by colotomy and bo...

abstract autoimmune pancreatitis (aip) is a rare disorder that may be present as common bile duct stricture. the patient was a seventy-year-old man with presentations as recurrent abdominal pain and jaundice, elevated billirobin (bil) and elevated alkaline phosphatase (alkp) in association with the presence of hetrogenesity of the pancreatic head and dilated intra and extra hepatic bile ducts i...

The aim of this work was to investigate the effects on bile secretion of flow rate and site of reinfusion of the collected bile to the animal. Thirty-two pigs weighing 50 +/- 3 kg at the beginning of the experiment were fitted with a reentrant fistula in the lower common bile duct and in the upper duodenum. Bile collected from the bile duct was reinfused in four different ways (four groups of 8...

Many different benign and malignant diseases can cause extrahepatic biliary duct obstruction. Common causes include calculus of the bile duct, stenosis, and tumors. Bile duct obstruction is often complicated bybacterial infection due to acute cholangitis, leading toan increase in the bile duct pressure and entry ofa large number of bacteria and toxins into the blood circulation. Consequently, a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Laparoscopy in patients with poor cardiac function has been the subject of controversy and is considered by many surgeons a relative contraindication. METHODS We report the case of a patient who presented with acute cholecystitis and choledocholithiasis concurrent with unstable angina. Our experience in laparoscopic management of patients with calculous biliary disea...