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Choledochostomy
| Medical Definition: | Surgical formation of an opening (stoma) into the COMMON BILE DUCT for drainage or for direct communication with a site in the small intestine, primarily the DUODENUM or JEJUNUM. |
| Also Called: | Choledochoduodenostomy,Choledochojejunostomy |
| Previously Indexed: | Common Bile Duct Calculi/surgery (1966-1987),Common Bile Duct/surgery (1966-1987),Drainage (1966-1987),Duodenum/surgery (1966-1987),Jejunum/surgery (1966-1987) |
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