hepaticoduodenostomy

noun

A surgical procedure that connects the hepatic duct directly to the duodenum, allowing bile to flow into the small intestine when the normal bile pathway is blocked or damaged.

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nounhepaticoduodenostomy (plural hepaticoduodenostomies)

plural hepaticoduodenostomies · alternative hepatoduodenostomy

  1. medicineA surgical procedure that connects the hepatic duct directly to the duodenum, allowing bile to flow into the small intestine when the normal bile pathway is blocked or damaged.
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