Prevention and acute management of biliary injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Expert consensus statement


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Abbasoglu O., Tekant Y., Alper A., Aydin U., Balik A., Bostanci B., ...Daha Fazla

TURKISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, cilt.32, sa.4, ss.300-305, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/ucd.2016.3683
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.300-305
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Bile duct, bile duct injury, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, BILE-DUCT INJURY, RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE TRIAL, DIRECT TROCAR INSERTION, HEPATIC-ARTERY INJURY, SINGLE-INCISION, INTRAOPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY, STATEWIDE EXPERIENCE, NATIONAL-SURVEY, TRACT INJURIES, VERESS NEEDLE
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Gallstone disease is very common and laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures all over the world. Parallel to the increase in the number of laparoscopic cholecystectomies, bile duct injuries also increased. The reported incidence of bile duct injuries ranges from 0.3% to 1.4%. Many of the bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy are not due to inexperience, but are the result of basic technical failures and misinterpretations. A working group of expert hepatopancreatobiliary surgeons, an endoscopist, and a specialist of forensic medicine study searched and analyzed the publications on safe cholecystectomy and biliary injuries complicating laparoscopic cholecystectomy under the organization of Turkish Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Association. After a series of e-mail communications and two conferences, the expert panel developed consensus statements for safe cholecystectomy, management of biliary injuries and medicolegal issues. The panel concluded that iatrogenic biliary injury is an overwhelming complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and an important issue in malpractice claims. Misidentification of the biliary system is the major cause of biliary injuries. To avoid this, the "critical view of safety" technique should be employed in all the cases. If biliary injury is identified intra-operatively, reconstruction should only be performed by experienced hepatobiliary surgeons. In the postoperative period, any deviation from the expected clinical course of recovery should alert the surgeon about the possibility of biliary injury.