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Ruggero Oddi: 120 years after the description of the eponymous sphincter: A story to be remembered
Author(s) -
Capodicasa Enrico
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05417.x
Subject(s) - sphincter of oddi , medicine , bile duct , sphincter of oddi dysfunction , sphincter , common bile duct , general surgery , serendipity , cholecystectomy , dilation (metric space) , gastroenterology , radiology , epistemology , philosophy , mathematics , combinatorics
This article presents a short account of theories, methods, and experimental data formulated and carried out 120 years ago, by Ruggero Oddi, then a 4th‐year student in medicine, about the identification of the common bile duct sphincter. A historical picture emerges which leads us to think that Oddi not only discovered the bile duct sphincter, but also described bile duct dilation after cholecystectomy and performed biliary manometry for the first time. The role of serendipity and the almost unknown contribution of Arturo Marcacci, Oddi's “maestro” are also mentioned.