Talk:Ampulla of Vater

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[edit] Ampulla of Vater

I know of no gastroenterologist or biliary surgeon who refers to the Ampulla of Vater as the Hepatopancreatic ampulla, and I think the primary article should be at Ampulla of Vater -- Samir धर्म 06:15, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I have the impression-- what Samir says is so. Hepatopancreatic ampulla is a mouth full-- and that is probably why it isn't used. It is a shame they don't use HPA or another abbreviation-- I'm no fan of eponyms.
Looking at this objectively-- Ampulla of Vater wins hands down-- Google:
If one encloses the terms in quotes and searches on PubMed-- it is:
The above stated, there is an argument in the medical literature to use "Hepatopancreatic ampulla" -- the term ampulla of Vater is incorrect historically-- see Mirilas P, Colborn GL, Skandalakis LJ, Skandalakis PN, Zoras O, Skandalakis JE. Benign anatomical mistakes: "ampulla of Vater" and "papilla of Vater". Am Surg. 2005 Mar;71(3):269-74. PMID 15869148.
Any case, there is a discussion about this sort of thing at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Anatomy#Article_names_-_discussion... and grew out of a discussion about fibular artery vs. peroneal artery. Your input would be valued. Nephron  T|C 05:48, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Makes sense. I'll move it to Ampulla of Vater -- Samir धर्म 06:21, 19 January 2007 (UTC)