Long-term outcome after early repair of iatrogenic bile duct injury. A national Danish multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the peri-operative and long-term outcome after early repair with a hepaticojejunostomy (HJ).

Methods

Between 1995 and 2010, a nationwide, retrospective multi-centre study was conducted. All iatrogenic bile duct injury (BDI) sustained during a cholecystectomy and repaired with HJ in the five Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary centres in Denmark were included.

Results

In total, 139 patients had an HJ repair. The median time from the BDI to reconstruction was 5 days. A concomitant vascular injury was identified in 26 cases (19%). Post-operative morbidity was 36% and mortality was 4%. Forty-two patients (30%) had a stricture of the HJ. The median follow-up time without stricture was 102 months. Nineteen out of the 42

SUBMITTER: Stilling NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4402049 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature