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Case #5 -
A 50 year old woman with abdominal discomfort after cholecystectomy

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
5.) If she had a bile duct injury, what is the appropriate treatment?

Partial transection of the common duct is treated by placement of a stent; complete transection or occlusion is treated by hepaticojejunostomy.  
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