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Opinions vary slightly on the maximum calibre of a normal CBD, but 6 mm is one accepted upper limit of normal [5] with a further 1mm diameter allowed for each decade over 60 years. It normally gets slightly dilated after cholecystectomy, with upper limit (95% prediction interval) being about 10 mm after a few months. [6]
Although unusual, it is possible to have a common bile duct stone despite prior cholecystectomy. One study found that in patients diagnosed with choledocholithiasis, 28% had undergone prior cholecystectomy. Such stones are thought to be the result of stones missed at the time of the cholecystectomy, as opposed to the formation of new stones. [3]
In cholecystectomy there is a slight risk (0.3–0.5%) of injury of the bile ducts, most commonly of the common bile duct. [6] This complication can range from mild forms, which are easy to address during the operation, to more severe forms. [6] If not addressed such injury can be debilitating and lead to considerable morbidity. [6]
Occasionally, the cystic duct may first run along the right side of the common bile duct for some distance before joining it, or may pass posteriorly around to the common hepatic duct to unite with it from the left side. [4] Rarely, the common hepatic duct and gallbladder join directly (with the cystic duct being absent), [6] [4] leading to ...
Postcholecystectomy syndrome (PCS) describes the presence of abdominal symptoms after a cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal). Symptoms occur in about 5 to 40 percent of patients who undergo cholecystectomy, [1] and can be transient, persistent or lifelong. [2] [3] The chronic condition is diagnosed in approximately 10% of postcholecystectomy ...
[2] [4] It sometimes join the common hepatic duct at its anterior, posterior, or medial side [4] [3] (in the latter case by passing posteriorly around the common bile duct to join it from the other side). [2] It may spiral around the common hepatic duct before joining it. [4] Very rarely, the cystic duct opens into the duodenum. [3]
Choledochoduodenostomy (CDD) is a surgical procedure to create an anastomosis, a surgical connection, between the common bile duct (CBD) and an alternative portion of the duodenum. [1] In healthy individuals, the CBD meets the pancreatic duct at the ampulla of Vater , which drains via the major duodenal papilla to the second part of duodenum. [ 2 ]
The human gallbladder is a hollow grey-blue organ that sits in a shallow depression below the right lobe of the liver. [2] In adults, the gallbladder measures approximately 7 to 10 centimetres (2.8 to 3.9 inches) in length and 4 centimetres (1.6 in) in diameter when fully distended. [3]