Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1993;13(1): 111-119.
만성췌장염 환자에서 내시경적 췌관 유두괄약근 운동검사 ( Endoscopic Manometry of Pancreatic Duct Sphincter in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis )
송시영, 정재복, 김원호, 강진경, 박인서, 최흥재 (Si Young Song, Jae Bock Chung, Won Ho Kim, Jin Kyung Kang, In Suh Park and Heung Jai Choi)
Abstract
The orifice of duodenal papilla is only about 1 mm in diameter. As much as 2,000 ml of bile and pancreatic juice pass through its sphincter zone into the duodenum each day. Since the sphincter of Oddi regulates the flow of bile and pancreatic juice, a disorder of the sphincter can disturb the smooth outflow of bile and pancreatic juice and produce secondary abnormalities in the biliary tract or the exocrine pancreas. (continue...)