"On ultrasound, it is not always possible to confidently see where the cystic duct enters the common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct. Therefore it is common practice to use the term common duct (CD) as a term conflating the common hepatic and common bile ducts. Unfortunately, this is in conflict with Gray's Anatomy, which refers to the short duct formed by the union of the common bile and main pancreatic ducts as the common duct."
"On ultrasound, it is not always possible to confidently see where the cystic duct enters the common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct. Therefore it is common practice to use the term common duct (CD) as a term conflating the common hepatic and common bile ducts. Unfortunately, this is in conflict with Gray's Anatomy, which refers to the short duct formed by the union of the common bile and main pancreatic ducts as the common duct."
"Studies have found that complete separation of the CBD and pancreatic duct with two openings in the duodenum occur in 20% of autopsied specimens and 37% in ERCP studies 6,7. Other authors have reported that overall the finding is rare, with only several cases reported in the literature 8,9."
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"There are four main relationships of the CBD with the pancreatic head 2:"