The ducts of Luschka (also called supravesicular ducts) are small bile ducts in the posterior wall of the gallbladder (the gallbladder bed), some connected to a subsegmental area of the liver with bile ducts but none connected with the lumen of the gallbladder; they may be aberrant bile ducts. Elseviers logo. ... A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile. ... The gallbladder (or cholecyst, sometimes gall bladder) is a pear-shaped organ that can accomodate up to 60 ml of bile (or gall) until the body needs it for digestion. ... The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body, and is an organ present in vertebrates and some other animals. ...

Clinical significance

Although usually they do not drain any liver parenchyma, they can be a source of bile leak or biliary peritonitis after cholecystectomy in both adults and children. If the Ducts of Luschka go unrecognized at the time of the gall bladder removal, 5-7 days post operatively the patient will develop bile peritonitis, an easily treatable complication with a morbidity rate of 44% if left untreated. Often diagnosed by HIDA scan, the bile leak from Ducts of Luschka post-op are treated with temporary bilary stint to redirect the bile from the liver into the intestine and allow the Ducts of Luscha to spontaneously seal themselves. Parenchyma is a term used to describe a bulk of a substance. ... Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy as seen through laparoscope X-Ray during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Cholecystectomy (, plural: cholecystectomies,) is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. ...

Eponym

They are named for Hubert von Luschka.^[1] Hubert von Luschka (1820 - 1875) was a German anatomist. ...

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