THE ANATOMICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RETROPANCREATIC PART OF THE BILE-DUCT AND THE MAIN PANCREATIC DUCT

  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 65  (3) , 188-190
Abstract
The main pancreatic duct lies posteriorly within the head of the pancreas and adjacent to the retropancreatic part of the common bile duct. In 17 of 25 (68%) autopsy specimens which were studied, the 2 ducts ran within 5 mm of each other for a mean distance of 3.9 cm. The pancreatitis which sometimes develops as a complication of instrumentation of the bile duct could be a result of damage to the main pancreatic duct.

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