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Analysis of Clinical Data on One Hundred Sixty-Five Patients Having Explorations of the Common Duct

E. LEE STROHL, M.D.; WILLIS G. DIFFENBAUGH, M.D.; VERNON GUYNN, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1952;64(6):788-793.

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STONES in the common bile duct as a cause of jaundice were described by Michael Ettmüller¹ 243 years ago. Exploration of the common duct was performed by Marcy, of England, (cited by Ochsner²) in 1882. The operation was introduced in Germany by Langenbach³ and Kümmel³ in 1884 and KnowsleyThornton³ performed the first successful operation five years later. In 1891 Charles McBurney (cited by Glenn⁴), before the New York Surgical Society, reported operating upon a patient who had been jaundiced for a long time and had lost 63 lb. (29 kg.) in weight. The common duct was approached through an incision in the duodenum, the ampulla of Vater divided, and the common duct split to remove a stone. The patient recovered and regained her health. In 1892 Robert Abbe (cited by Glenn⁴) reported that he had operated upon four patients and removed common duct . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Departments of Surgery, St. Luke's Hospital, and the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

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