To Stent or Not to Stent Bilioenteric Anastomosis After Iatrogenic Injury
Open Access
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 137 (1), 60-63
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.137.1.60
Abstract
BILE DUCT INJURY during cholecystectomy, either laparoscopic or open, is a complex and serious complication, observed with a frequency of 0.2% to 0.4%. The frequency has not diminished and probably will not. Even as the knowledge advances, lesions continue to occur.1 Less than half of these injuries are recognized during the operation; most of them are recognized in the early postoperative period. A variety of strategies are performed after the injury that are shaped according to different scenarios: type of injury and recognition, patient's health status, surgeon's experience, hospital's facilities, etc.2Keywords
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