Sanford School of Medicine Affiliation
Transplantation and Surgery
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Surgery
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Keywords
Aged, Bile Ducts, Cholangiography, Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde, Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic, Follow-Up Studies, Hepatic Duct, Common, Humans, Iatrogenic Disease, Incidence, Intraoperative Complications, Laparotomy, Middle Aged, Reoperation, Risk Assessment
Abstract
Although laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has been widely accepted as the standard of care, it continues to have a higher complication rate than open cholecystectomy. Bile duct injury with LC has often been attributed to surgical inexperience, but it is also clear that aberrant bile ducts are present in a significant number of patients who sustain biliary injuries during these procedures. We present three cases of right sectoral hepatic duct injuries which occurred during LC and provide a discussion of the conditions which are likely to lead to these injuries, as part of a strategy to prevent them.
Journal Title
HPB Surgery : A World Journal of Hepatic, Pancreatic and Biliary Surgery
Volume
2009
First Page
153269
Last Page
153269
PubMed ID
19753137
ISSN
1607-8462
MeSH Headings (Medical Subject Headings)
Aged; Bile Ducts; Cholangiography; Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; Follow-Up Studies; Hepatic Duct, Common; Humans; Iatrogenic Disease; Incidence; Intraoperative Complications; Laparotomy; Middle Aged; Reoperation; Risk Assessment
Rights
Open Access
DOI
10.1155/2009/153269
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Babel, Nitin; Sakpal, Sujit Vijay; Paragi, Prakash; Wellen, Jason; Feldman, Stephen; and Chamberlain, Ronald Scott, "Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injury Associated with Anomalies of the Right Hepatic Sectoral Ducts: A Misunderstood and Underappreciated Problem" (2009). Department of Surgery. 6.
https://red.library.usd.edu/ds/6