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Faulty contraction of bile ducts.  

Enzyme in pancreas and intestinal juice.  

Vomiting of bile.  

Common bile duct.  

Cutting into common bile duct.  

Common bile duct.  

Crushing of gallstones in gallbladder. Crushing of a gallstone in the unopened gallbladder with an extracorporeal shock-wave lithotriptor; its use is primarily investigational.  

Enzyme that helps decompose the hormone causing gallbladder contraction.  

Gallbladder and intestine.  

Removal of gallbladder stones, suturing gallbladder wound to the abdominal incision.