ArticleCroatian medical journal2020
Bile duct diameter changes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography prospective study.
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- Ultrasound of Bile Ducts-An Update on Measurements, Reference Values, and Their Influencing Factors.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Quantitative MRCP metrics as imaging biomarkers to differentiate benign from malignant bile duct obstructions.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- CT Evaluation of Long-Term Changes in Common Bile Duct Diameter after Cholecystectomy.Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the Common bile duct (CBD) Diameter After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) and Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration (LCBDE): A Retrospective Study.Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques · 2023Article
- Reporting standards for primary sclerosing cholangitis using MRI and MR cholangiopancreatography: guidelines from MR Working Group of the International Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Study Group.European radiology · 2022Article
- Validation of Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography Metrics in Prediction of Transplant-free Survival in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyArticle
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Abstract
aimTo assess the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct diameter dilatation after laparoscopic cholecystectomy with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.
methodsForty-eight patients (35 women, mean age 54.58±11.83 years) underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy because of gallstones. The intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts were measured before and three and six months after cholecystectomy. The diameter was measured in the anteroposterior and laterolateral direction at 14 points.
resultsWhen compared with the preoperative diameter, the common bile duct diameter at the proximal part was significantly wider three months (P=0.006) and six months (P=0.0001) after cholecystectomy; the common hepatic duct was significantly wider three months (P=0.001) and six months (P=0.003) after cholecystectomy; the right and left hepatic bile ducts were significantly wider six months after cholecystectomy (P<0.0001, P=0.01, respectively); and the segmental intrahepatic bile ducts in both hepatic lobes were significantly wider three months (P<0.0001) and six months after cholecystectomy (P<0.0001).
conclusionThis study showed that significant post-cholecystectomy dilatation occurred only at certain points and not along the whole extrahepatic bile duct. We also found a significant dilatation of the main intrahepatic and segmental intrahepatic bile ducts.
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