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What is the CPT code for open cholecystecomy with exploration of the common bile duct and choledocholithotomy?
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What is a choledocholithotomy?
is an incision into the common bile duct for the removal of a gallstone
What is choledocholithotomy?
is an incision into the common bile duct for the removal of a gallstone
What is the medical term meaning surgical removal of the gallbladder?
If done through the mouth/throat, it's called endoscopy.Choledocholithotomy is surgical incision into the common bile duct to remove a stone.choledocholithotomy(koh-led-oh-koh-lih-THOT-oh-mee) is an incision into the common bile duct for the removal of gallstones
What duct is formed by the merger of the cystic duct and the common hepatic duct?
common bile ductThe common bile duct.
Carries bile into the duodenum?
Bile is made in the liver and passes through bile ducts and into the common hepatic duct which carries it out of the liver. From here, it can pass down the common bile duct into the duodenum or take a detour into the gallbladder via the cystic duct.
Empties the bile into the duodenum from the gallbladder?
The common bile duct
How does bile leave the hepatocytes?
The bile produced by hepatocytes drains into canaliculi, which are small channels that take the bile to the bile ductules. These eventually merge to become the common bile duct, which opens into the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine).
What carries biles into the duodenum?
The gallbladder stores bile and when it is needed it is excreted through the common bile duct and joins the duodenum at the ampulla of vater.The gallbladder stores bile and when it is needed it is excreted through the common bile duct and joins the duodenum at the ampulla of vater.Bile is made in the liver and passes through bile ducts and into the common hepatic duct which carries it out of the liver. From here, it can pass down the common bile duct into the duodenum or take a detour into the gallbladder via the cystic duct.bile ductThe bile duct.
What duct delivers bile to the duodenum?
the common bile duct
What is another name for small bile ducts?
common bile duct
What structure empties bile into the duodenum?
the duodenum
What is the medical term meaning surgical incision into the common bile duct?
Choledochotomy is the medical term meaning surgical incision into the common bile duct.
