Please verify your email address to receive email notifications.

Enter your email address

We have sent you a verification email. Please check your inbox and spam folder.

Unable to send verification, please refresh and try again later.

  • Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners

    What is choledocholithiasis?

    Related Topics
    Digestive Health Gallstones
    • 1 answer
    • Dr Leon Fisher
    answer this question

  • Find a professional to answer your question

  • 3

    Thanks

    Dr Leon Fisher

    Gastroenterologist

    I am a consultant gastroenterologist with a special interest in all aspects of endoscopy including Bowel Cancer Screening, Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy, ERCP, Endoscopic stent insertions, removal … View Profile

    Choledocholithiasis refers to gallstones in the bile duct. Most stones form in the gallbladder, but some migrate into the bile duct or can form in the duct itself in certain conditions. Bile duct is a pipe connecting the liver and the small bowel. Stones in the bile duct can cause obstruction and therefore jaundice, infection (cholangitis), pain, nausea. These stones can be removed by performing an endoscopic procedure called ERCP.

    Reply to this post
     · 
    Report
answer this question

You must be a Health Professional to answer this question. Log in or Sign up .

You may also like these related questions

Related Fact Sheets
Related Questions

Empowering Australians to make better health choices