A Direct Manometric Study of the Canine Choledochoduodenal Junction
- 1 August 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 101 (2) , 215-218
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1970.01340260119019
Abstract
A technique has been developed for repeated, direct, manometric study of the canine choledochoduodenal junction in conscious animals. The junction is characterized by a zone of elevated pressure interposed between the duodenum and common bile duct whose motor activity distinguishes it from these adjacent structures. Atropine sulfate administration resulted in a decrease in pressure in the junctional zone suggesting that a cholinergic mechanism is partly responsible for the maintenance of resting pressure in the canine choledochoduodenal junction.Keywords
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