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(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
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(medicine) A surgical procedure in which a portion of the intestine is connected to the bladder head to allow for urinary voiding.
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(surgery) An operation in which part of the stomach is resected, creating a smaller stomach to which the distal part of the small intestine is then connected, bypassing the duodenum and jejunum.
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(surgery) The surgical removal of a bunion
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(surgery) The inflation of the peritoneal cavity with carbon dioxide, typically as a prelude to laparoscopy
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dilation of the bile ducts
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(surgery) drainage of the bile duct
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The diagnostic imaging of the bile duct by means of X-rays.
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(surgery) The creation of an opening between the bile duct and the jejunum
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A diagnostic image created by cholangiopancreatography.
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diagnostic imaging of the bile duct and pancreas
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endoscopy of the bile ducts
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(surgery) The formation of a fistula into a bile duct
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(anatomy) The gall bladder.
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(medicine) Any material that stimulates activity of the gallbladder
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That has had a cholecystectomy
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(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove the gall bladder
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A surgical procedure in which the gall bladder is joined to the small intestine, to allow bile to pass from the liver to the intestine when the common bile duct is obstructed.
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(anatomy, dated) The gall bladder.
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(surgery) cauterization of the gall bladder
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cystocentesis of the gallbladder
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(medicine) Between the gall bladder and the colon.
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(surgery) anastomosis of the gallbladder and the duodenum
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(medicine) Between the gall bladder and the intestine, specifically the small intestine.
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Alternative form of cholecystenterostomy [A surgical procedure in which the gall bladder is joined to the small intestine, to allow bile to pass from the liver to the intestine when the common bile duct is obstructed.]
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A radiograph of the gallbladder
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(medicine) A procedure used to visualize the gall bladder by administering a radiopaque contrast agent that is excreted by the liver.
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(surgery) anastomosis of the gallbladder and the jejunum
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(physiology) That stimulates emptying of the gallbladder
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The presence of a gallstone specifically in the gall bladder.
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(surgery) fragmentation of a gallstone, typically by means of ultrasound
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(surgery) incision into the gallbladder
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(pathology) disease of the gallbladder
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(pathology) inflammation of the gallbladder
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examination of the gallbladder using ultrasound
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The surgical creation of a stoma in the gallbladder, which can facilitate placement of a tube for drainage.
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(surgery) The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as when removing a gallstone.
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Related to the common bile duct.
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(surgery) Removal of part of the common bile duct
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Alternative form of choledochocholedochostomy [(surgery) Surgical anastomosis of divided portions of the common bile duct.]
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(medicine) Cystic dilatation in the intramural portion of the distal common bile duct.
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(surgery) Surgical anastomosis of divided portions of the common bile duct.
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(anatomy) Relating to the common bile duct and the duodenum.
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(surgery) anastomosis of the common bile duct to part of the duodenum
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(medicine) A radiograph of the common bile duct.
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(medicine) The surgical formation of an opening between the common bile duct and the jejunum
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The presence of gallstones in the common bile duct.
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(medicine) The removal of the gallstone from the bile duct in a case of choledocholithiasis.
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(surgery) fragmentation of a gallstone in the common bile duct
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(surgery) repair of the common bile duct
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(surgery) suture of the common bile duct
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(surgery) The instrument used in choledochoscopy
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(surgery) endoscopy of the common bile duct
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(surgery) Creation of a fistula into the common bile duct
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(surgery) incision into the common bile duct
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(surgery) Removal of a gallstone
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(surgery) The crushing of a gallstone
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Synonym of cholelithotripsy
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A nuclear imaging procedure to evaluate the health and function of the gall bladder.
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(medicine, informal) A cholecystectomy.
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(surgery) resection of the duodenum
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(surgery) incision into the duodenum and common bile duct
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(surgery) anastomosis for the purpose of bypassing an obstructed segment of duodenum
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(surgery) cauterization of the gall bladder using electrosurgery
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(surgery) cystoplasty, using tissue from the small intestine, in order to enlarge the capacity of the urinary bladder
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Alternative form of gallstone [(biology, medicine) A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.]
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Alternative spelling of gall bladder [(anatomy) A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.]
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(biology, medicine) A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.
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(surgery) The removal of approximately half of the liver tissue
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(surgery) Synonym of hepatoduodenostomy
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(surgery) anastomosis of the liver to the jejunum
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(medicine, surgery) A surgical placement of a passage of communication between the hepatic ducts and the intestine.
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(medicine, surgery) A surgical establishment of a union of the hepatic duct to the jejunum.
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(medicine, surgery) A surgical creation of an opening into the common bile duct in order to permit drainage.
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Alternative form of hepatectomy [(surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the liver.]
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(surgery) resection of either lobe of the liver
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(surgery) The removal of (part of) the liver, pancreas, and duodenum.
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(surgery) A suture of the liver.
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(surgery) Surgical establishment of a fissure into the liver.
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(surgery) An incision of or into the liver.
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(medicine, informal) A laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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(surgery) Describing drainage of bile via a nasal catheter
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(surgery) The surgical removal of a kidney stone
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(surgery) A side-to-side anastomosis of the pancreatic duct and jejunum, used to treat chronic pancreatitis.
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(surgery) Removal of the pancreas and spleen, typically when cancerous
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Surrounding the bile duct
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(radiology) percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
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(surgery) Removal of a kidney stone through an incision in the renal pelvis
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An outpouching of gall bladder mucosa into the gall bladder muscle layer and subserosal tissue, sometimes associated with cholecystitis.
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biliopancreatic diversion
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(surgery) Removal of the spleen and the pancreas
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