On the mechanical behavior of the human biliary system

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1384-1392

  Luo, Xiaoyu ^a   Li, Wenguang ^b   Bird, Nigel ^c   Chin, Swee Boon ^b   Hill, N A ^a   Johnson, Alan G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acalculous biliary pain; Bile flow; Cystic duct; Fluid dynamics; Gallbladder; Gallstone; Mechanical factors; Soft tissue mechanics; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT; BILE FLOW; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT PAIN; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW KINETICS; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; ODDI SPHINCTER; ORAL CHOLANGIOCHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; REVIEW;

EID: 34247381708     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i9.1384     Document Type: Review

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