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You have had diseased tissue surgically removed from your bile ducts. In the process, your biliary system was reconnected to your gastrointestinal system.

Food reaches the entrance to the stomach through the oesophagus. The stomach stores food for a brief time and breaks it down into smaller parts. The partially digested food then passes on to the intestine.

The liver is also important in food digestion. Bile is produced in the liver. The bile is transported via bile ducts within the liver towards the gallbladder. The bile is collected in the gallbladder. When you eat something, bile is released into the intestine. This is what the common bile duct to the intestine is for. Together the gallbladder and the bile ducts are also known as the biliary system.

Diseased tissue has been removed from your bile ducts. To enable the bile to reach the intestine once more, a new connection was created between your biliary system and your gastrointestinal system.

Sometimes the bile continues to back up, even though the bile ducts have been reconnected to the gastrointestinal system. A small tube may then be inserted into the biliary system at the end of the operation. The tube guides the bile through the abdominal wall and out into a drainage bag.