Patterns of the opening of the common bile duct and main pancreatic duct in Thais.
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1987-11
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Common bile duct and main pancreatic duct of 89 Thai cadavers; 52 males and 37 females, were studied. Five types of the pattern of opening of common bile duct main pancreatic duct were found. The types which both ducts united to be hepatopancreatic duct before opening into the duodenal lumen were more common than the individual opening types, found in 61.8% and 35.95% respectivity. The rest was a special type which pancreatic duct divided into two channels : one channels : one channel joined common bile duct outside duodenum and the other joined the common bile duct in the wall of duodenum. The distribution of types in both sexes were not statistically significant difference. The length of hepatopancreatic duct varied from 1.3 to 11.95 millemeters.
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Patterns, Common Bile Duct, Main Pancreatic Duct
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Sa-ngiampong A, Ploytubtim S, Chanjarunee Aporn, Sangvichien S. Patterns of the opening of the common bile duct and main pancreatic duct in Thais. Siriraj Medical Journal, 1987 Nov; 39(11): 625-629.