Objective:To explore the causation,diagnosis and management of iatrogenic bile duct injury(BDI) of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).
Methods :A total of 1 656 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in our department during the last 7 years were included in this study for retrospective analysis.
Results:There were 274 patients with gallbladder polyps,168 patients with acute calculous cholecystitis and 1214 patients with chronic calculous cholecystitis.There were 15 BDIs associated with LC(0.91%).A total of 8 BDI patients were diagnosed during cholecystectomy. The remaining 7 BDI patients were diagnosed postoperatively.The intraoperative diagnosis of BDI was made on the discovery of bile leakage or double biliary stump during cholecystectomy.Clinical features, diagnostic abdominocentesis and imaging findings formed the basis of diagnosis of BDI postoperatively. One BDI patient was treated by repairing the injuried common bile duct with a T-tube drinage. Four BDI patients were treated by end-to-end anastomosis of injuried bile duct, and one of the four patients was reoperated with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy because of bile leakage. The remaining 10 BDI patients were treated by Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy, and good results were achieved in all of these patients.
Conclusions:There is no relationship between the etiology of gallbladder disease and BDI during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Good results can be achieved if BDI is diagnosed early and treated properly during or after operation. Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy is the primary operation method for treating BDI.