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SURGICAL LAPAROSCOPY ENDOSCOPY & PERCUTANEOUS TECHNIQUES
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 154-159Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200206000-00003
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intraoperative cholangiography; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; common bile duct injury
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Since the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), an increase in accidental common bile duct (CBD) injuries of up to 1.2-1.6% has been reported. In the present prospective study of 1,710 patients undergoing cholecystectomy (1,241 LC procedures and 469 open cholecystectomies [OC]), we tested the predicative value of routine intraoperative cholangiography (IOC). The IOC was feasible in 92.4% of the cases in the LC group and in 83% of cases in the OC group and presented a complete depiction of the extrahepatic bile system in 98.3%. Anatomic variations of the bile duct system, which influenced the operative management, were found in 13.2% of cases (13.4% LC versus 12.8% OC). In 2.5% of the patients, preoperatively undetected CBD stones were also found. Method-specific complications did not occur in any of the patients. Additionally, in a controlled subgroup analysis of 163 patients, we evaluated preoperative intravenous cholangiography (IVC) and IOC. Intravenous cholangiography showed only 72.4% of the operation-relevant anatomic variations (vs. 100% by IOC); in 6.1% of the cases, there were reactions to the dye (vs. none in IOC), and in only 28.6% of the patients. CBD stones were detected (vs. 71.4% IOC). There were four bile duct injuries (0.29%) during LC and two (0.4%) during OC. All injuries were detected intraoperatively and fixed in the same setting without postoperative complications. In conclusion, we recommend the use of routine IOC during cholecystectomy. By this technique, anatomic variations of the bile duct system will be visualized and therefore accidental injuries will be avoided.
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