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The cystic duct (white arrow) and cystic artery (black arrow) have been dissected with the critical view of safety principle.
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The cystic duct (white arrow) and cystic artery (large arrowhead) have been divided. A subvesical duct connecting the gallbladder infundibulum to the right hepatic lobe is detected (small arrowheads). Histopathology confirmed this to be a bile duct.
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After ligation and division of these structures, the gallbladder was carefully dissected with monopolar diathermy from its fossa in the liver. A subvesical bile duct was detected, originating from the right hepatic lobe/gallbladder fossa, draining into the gallbladder infundibulum (Fig. 2).