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Arch Surg. 2000;135:408.

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The arterial blood supply of the bile ducts come from two main vessels running axially at approximately three and nine o'clock. They arise mainly from the retroduodenal artery below and the right hepatic artery above. The majority of the axial blood supply to the common bile duct is from below.¹

1. Blackbourne LH, Fleischer KJ. Advanced Surgical Recall. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins; 1997:469.

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