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Shaolong Sun1, Shuodong Wu, Dongxu Cui
1Department of Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Background And Aim:
Previous research has confirmed that duodenobiliary reflux exists in patients with choledocholithiasis. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the motor activity of the sphincter of Oddi (SO) has an effect on duodenobiliary reflux.
Methods:
A total of 51 patients orally ingested 1mL water containing technetium-99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetatic acid, and a 2-h bile collection was obtained from the T tube. Technetium counts in the collected bile were performed using an RM905 radioactivity meter. The patients were divided into two groups: reflux group (duodenobiliary reflux positive) and control group (duodenobiliary reflux negative). Next, 33 cases were randomly selected and double blinded to receive SO manometry by choledochoscope.
Results:
Of the 51 total cases, 16 bile samples exhibited radioactivity. The average SO basal pressure and contraction pressure values were 7.2±3.9mmHg and 53.5±24.5mmHg, respectively, in the reflux group, and 14.7±11.0mmHg and 117.2±65.6mmHg, respectively, in the control group. The choledochus pressure values were 5.1±1.6mmHg and 11.5±7.4mmHg in the reflux group and the control group, respectively. The differences between the groups were statistically significant; however, the SO contraction frequency, SO contraction duration, and duodenum pressure values were not significantly different between the groups.
Conclusion:
The decreases in the SO basal pressure and SO contraction pressure, and the decrease in choledochus pressure, might play a role in duodenobiliary reflux.
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