Long-term results of secondary biliary repair for cholecystectomy-related bile duct injury : results of a tertiary referral center

Background: Management of bile duct injury (BDI) after cholecystectomy is challenging. The authors analyzed their center's 49-year experience.Methods: From 1968 to 2016, 120 consecutive patients were managed in a tertiary HBP center, 105 referred from other centers (Group A), 15 from our center (Group B). Surgical strategies and long-term outcomes were retrospectively reviewed.Results: Primary cholecystectomy approach was open in 35% and laparoscopic in 65%. In Group A, intraoperative BDI diagnosis was made in 25/105 patients, including 13 via intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) which was used in 21% of cases. Median time from BDI to referral was 148 days (range 0-10,758), and 3 patients had BDI-related secondary cirrhosis. Ninety-four patients underwent secondary surgical repair, mostly a complex biliary procedure (97%). Postoperative overall and severe morbidity rates were 26% and 6%, respectively. One patient with biliary cirrhosis at referral died postoperatively from hepatic failure. Nine patients (9.6%) developed a secondary biliary stricture after a median of 54 months from repair (6-228 months). In Group B, IOC was performed in 14/15 in whom BDI were intraoperatively detected and immediately repaired. There were 13 minor and 2 major BDIs, all repaired by uncomplex procedures with uneventful postoperative course. One patient had a secondary biliary stricture after 5 months, successfully treated by temporary endoprosthesis.Conclusion: Late follow-up after primary or secondary repair of BDI is recommended to detect recurrent biliary stricture. Bile duct injuries may occur in a tertiary center, but are intraoperatively detected with routine IOC and immediately repaired resulting in satisfactory outcome.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:120

Enthalten in:

Acta chirurgica Belgica - 120(2020), 2 vom: 22. Apr., Seite 92-101

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Navez, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Gigot, Jean-François [VerfasserIn]
Deprez, Pierre H [VerfasserIn]
Goffette, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Annet, Laurence [VerfasserIn]
Zech, Francis [VerfasserIn]
Hubert, Catherine [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bile duct injury
Cholecystectomy
Intraoperative cholangiography
Journal Article
Surgical repair

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Date Completed 08.01.2021

Date Revised 08.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/00015458.2019.1570741

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM293539235