Investigation of the functional three-dimensional anatomy of the human cystic duct: A single helix?

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 528-534

  Bird, N C ^a,b   Ooi, R C ^a   Luo, X Y ^a,c   Chin, S B ^a   Johnson, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Gallbladder; Valves of Heister

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; CHOLELITHIASIS; CYSTIC DUCT; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

BILE DUCTS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CYSTIC DUCT; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS;

EID: 33750000836     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20219     Document Type: Article

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