Ultrasound evaluation of common bile duct size in normal adult patients and following cholecystectomy. A report of 750 cases. 1981

J N Bruneton, and P Roux, and D Fenart, and E Caramella, and J P Occelli

The authors present the findings of seven hundred and fifty adult patients without biliary tract disease for whom the internal diameter of the common bile duct was measured. Six hundred and seventy-three patients had no biliary tract disease whatever while seventy-seven had no clinical evidence of disease but had undergone cholecystectomy over one year ago. In our series, the mean diameter of the common bile duct in normal patients was 3.67 +/- 0.03 mm. Only 5.9% of normal patients were found to have a bile duct with a diameter greater than or equal to 5 mm. The frequency of this finding increased in patients over fifty years of age. The mean diameter of the common bile duct in the seventy-seven who had undergone cholecystectomy was 4.47 +/- 0.10 mm.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002763 Cholecystectomy Surgical removal of the GALLBLADDER. Cholecystectomies
D003135 Common Bile Duct The largest bile duct. It is formed by the junction of the CYSTIC DUCT and the COMMON HEPATIC DUCT. Choledochus,Bile Duct, Common,Common Bile Ducts,Duct, Common Bile
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000375 Aging The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time. Senescence,Aging, Biological,Biological Aging
D014463 Ultrasonography The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz. Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic

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