Matteo Renzulli, Nicolò Brandi, Stefano Brocchi, Caterina Balacchi, Carolina Lanza, Irene Pettinari, Bernardo Stefanini, Giampaolo Carrafiello, Fabio Piscaglia, Rita Golfieri, Giovanni Marasco
Biliary anatomic variations are usually asymptomatic, but they may cause problems in diagnostic investigations and interventional and surgical procedures, increasing both their technical difficulty and their postoperative complication rates. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of anatomic variations in the intrahepatic biliary ducts (IHBD) in relation to demographical and clinical characteristics in a large study population requiring magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) for various clinical conditions...
April 2023: Journal of Anatomy