Anatomy of the Gallbladder and Biliary Tree with a Surgeon

What is the anatomy of the gallbladder? Why is this important?!

Gallbladder anatomy is critical to understand if you're going to be a surgeon in the abdomen because understanding anatomical relationships are critically important.

What is the greatest risk of a common bile duct injury? It's mis-identification of anatomy! Boom!


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Can you answer these questions...

What is the anatomy of the biliary tree?

What is the real Calot's triangle?

What is the hepatocystic triangle and how is it different?

What is the critical view of safety?

What is the blood supply to the gallbladder, what is the proper hepatic artery?

Why is the gallbladder so sensitive to inflammation?

I'm going to answer all of these questions in this video today and get you very comfortable with the anatomy of the gallbladder.


Check out these AMAZING timestamps and fast forward if you need to:

Start 00:00
Gallbladder anatomy and biliary tree 01:50
Ducts of Lusaka 04:30
Blood supply to the gallbladder 05:58
Calots Triangle, Hepatocystic Triangle, Critical View of Safety 08:32
Histology of gallbladder, why so sensitive to inflammation? 12:45

WHO AM I?
I'm Dr. Erik Pearson, FACS and I am a board certified pediatric surgeon living in Las Vegas. I make surgical education videos on all topics in general surgery as well as talks on lifestyle design as a surgeon, book reviews, and studying effectively. I also write a weekly newsletter called the Saturday Six where I identify Six different discoveries of the week. You can get the weekly newsletter by signing up to the CITIZENSURGEON Community!

DISCLAIMER
While my aim is to help educate you for the ward, the surgical ICU, the operating room and your exams remember these videos are not a replacement for your reading, your medical school and residency preparation and most important your own decision making. If you have medical questions definitely consult a medical professional. Good luck and enjoy!

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