Gallstones: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: Merck Manual Home ...
Most disorders of the gallbladder and bile ducts result from gallstones. Gallstones are more common among women and among certain groups of people, ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch140/ch140b.html...
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Gallbladder Diseases: MedlinePlus
8 Sep 2009 ... As your stomach and intestines digest food, your gallbladder releases bile through a tube called the common bile duct. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/gallbladderdiseases.html...
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Gallbladder and Bile Duct Surgery
The bile duct system and gallbladder (collectively known as the biliary tree) are involved in the drainage and delivery of bile from the liver into the ...
http://www.surgery.usc.edu/divisions/hep/gallbladderbileduct...
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Tumors of the Bile Ducts and Gallbladder: Gallbladder and Bile ...
Cancer of the bile ducts or gallbladder is rare. ... Most bile duct and gallbladder cancers are fatal, but treatment can help control symptoms. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch140/ch140d.html...
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Gallbladder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The gallbladder is present in most vertebrates, although its precise form and the arrangement of the bile ducts may vary considerably. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallbladder...
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Introduction: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: Merck Manual ...
When bile is needed, as when people eat, the gallbladder contracts, pushing bile through the bile ducts into the small intestine. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch140/ch140a.html...
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Gallstones
The gallbladder contracts and pushes the bile into a tube—called the common bile duct—that carries it to the small intestine, where it helps with digestion. ...
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gallstones/...
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Bile duct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The top half of the common bile duct is associated with the liver, ... and from scarring after injury to the bile duct during gallbladder removal. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bile_duct...
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Tumors of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts: Gallbladder and Bile ...
Gallbladder and bile duct tumors can cause extrahepatic biliary obstruction. Symptoms may be absent but often are constitutional or reflect biliary ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec03/ch030/ch030h.html...
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Gallstones and gallbladder disease - Prognosis and Complications
26 Jun 2009 ... In most cases of obstruction, the stones block the cystic duct, which leads from the gallbladder to the common bile duct. ...
http://www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/how_serious_gallstones...
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