BILE-DUCT INJURY DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY - A REPORT OF THE STANDARDS SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE VICTORIAN STATE COMMITTEE OF THE ROYAL-AUSTRALASIAN-COLLEGE-OF-SURGEONS

Authors
COCKS J JOHNSON W CADE R COLLOPY B EWING H ROGERSON J ROSENGARTEN D THOMPSON G TURNER P WALE R DAVIES E
Citation
J. Cocks et al., BILE-DUCT INJURY DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY - A REPORT OF THE STANDARDS SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE VICTORIAN STATE COMMITTEE OF THE ROYAL-AUSTRALASIAN-COLLEGE-OF-SURGEONS, Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 63(9), 1993, pp. 682-683
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00048682
Volume
63
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
682 - 683
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8682(1993)63:9<682:BIDLC->2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A survey of Victorian surgeons performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy was carried out. This report discusses the bile duct injuries identif ied in the survey. Twelve injuries were recorded, a rate of 0.2%. Thre e of the 12 required formal repair, the other 9 being treated by T-tub e alone. Possible mechanisms of these injuries, the experience of the surgeon, the role of operative cholangiography and delays in recogniti on of the injury are discussed.