Manometric Disorders in Patients With Suspected Sphincter of Odds Dysfunction

Sphincter of Oddi (SO) manometry was conducted in 48 subjects who had previously undergone cholecystectomy. Ten of these subjects had no detectable biliary or pancreatic disease and served as controls. The other 38 patients were presumed to have SO dysfunction and had presented with episodes of severe biliary-type pain with either dilatation of the bile duct on a retrograde cholangiogram, transient changes in liver function tests, or both of...