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(surgery) A surgical procedure that connects the hepatic duct directly to the duodenum, allowing bile to flow into the small intestine when the normal bile pathway is blocked or damaged..
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Hepaticoduodenostomy means (surgery) A surgical procedure that connects the hepatic duct directly to the duodenum, allowing bile to flow into the small intestine when the normal bile pathway is blocked or damaged..
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