Abstract
Excluded segmental duct bile leak is the rarest type of post-hepatectomy bile leak and presents unique diagnostic and management features. Classical management strategies invariably entail a significant loss of functioning hepatic parenchyma. The aim of this study is to report a new liver-sparing technique to handle excluded segmental duct bile leakage. Two cases of excluded segmental duct bile leak occurring after major hepatic resection were managed by a Roux-en-Y hepatico-jejunostomy on the excluded segmental duct, avoiding the sacrifice of the liver parenchyma origin of the fistula. In both cases, classical management strategies would have led to the functional loss of roughly 50 % of the liver remnant. Diagnostic and management implications are thoroughly discussed. Both cases had an uneventful postoperative course. The timing of repair was associated with a different outcome: the patient who underwent surgical repair in the acute phase developed no long-term complications, whereas the patient who underwent delayed repair developed a late stenosis requiring percutaneous dilatation. Roux-en-Y hepatico-jejunostomy on the excluded bile duct is a valuable technique in selected cases of excluded segmental duct bile leakage.
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Abbreviations
- ESDBL:
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Excluded segmental duct bile leakage
- ERCP:
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- CT:
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Computed tomography
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Patrono, D., Tandoi, F., Romagnoli, R. et al. Excluded segmental duct bile leakage: the case for bilio-enteric anastomosis. Updates Surg 66, 115–119 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-014-0250-7
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