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Sphincter of Oddi and its Dysfunction

Sphincter of Oddi though mostly heard about in ‘anatomy textbooks’ is making its way into surgical practice due to various disease states affecting it and its dysfunction seems to be an important condition to be observed while treating patients with abdominal pain. In this review, we have attempted...

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Autores principales: Seetharam, Prasad, Rodrigues, Gabriel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568485
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.37793
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description Sphincter of Oddi though mostly heard about in ‘anatomy textbooks’ is making its way into surgical practice due to various disease states affecting it and its dysfunction seems to be an important condition to be observed while treating patients with abdominal pain. In this review, we have attempted to discuss all the relevant conditions affecting it, particularly the dysfunction with a detailed literature review.
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spelling pubmed-27028832009-06-30 Sphincter of Oddi and its Dysfunction Seetharam, Prasad Rodrigues, Gabriel Saudi J Gastroenterol Review Article Sphincter of Oddi though mostly heard about in ‘anatomy textbooks’ is making its way into surgical practice due to various disease states affecting it and its dysfunction seems to be an important condition to be observed while treating patients with abdominal pain. In this review, we have attempted to discuss all the relevant conditions affecting it, particularly the dysfunction with a detailed literature review. Medknow Publications 2008-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2702883/ /pubmed/19568485 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.37793 Text en © Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Sphincter of Oddi and its Dysfunction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702883/
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