Left hepatic duct
Ductus hepaticus sinister
DigestiveOrgansAbdomenLeft side
- What it is
- Collects bile from the functional left half of the liver (segments II-IV) and runs along the base of the quadrate lobe to the porta hepatis.
- Function
- Drains bile out of the left liver.
- Size
- About 2 cm long outside the liver (longer than the right), 3-4 mm wide.
- Clinical note
- Its long horizontal extrahepatic course makes it the preferred site for surgical bile-duct reconstruction.