Abstract
Background
Bile duct injury (BDI) after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC-BDI) is still a major problem. However, despite the many improvements in clinical management of patients undergoing repair, postoperative complications remain frequent and factors that increase the susceptibility to such adverse events remain unknown.
Aim
To report on a large experience with laparoscopic cholecystectomy-associated bile duct injuries (LC-BDIs) and define predictive factors associated with postoperative complication.
Methods
A retrospective medical record review of 94 patients referred for the surgical management of major BDIs to our center during a 12-year period between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2010, was performed. Univariate statistical analysis and multivariate analysis were used to identify risk factors for postoperative complications. A nomogram was developed to predict postoperative complication, given associated risk factors, and bootstrap validation was performed.
Results
In univariate analysis, there is no factor significantly associated with short-term complication. There was a statistically significant relationship between type of repair and the risk of biliary strictures (p = 0.012). Other factors significantly associated with late biliary strictures were sepsis (p = 0.007) and bile leak (p = 0.003). In multivariate analysis, bile leak (p = 0.005), sepsis (p = 0.03), and type of repair (p = 0.028) were independently and significantly associated with long-term complication. The resulting nomogram demonstrated good accuracy in predicting long-term complication, with a bootstrap-corrected concordance index 0.7905.
Conclusions
Our results suggest that missed injuries that result in sepsis or bile leak as well as high injuries that require hepaticojejunostomy will result in a higher stricture rate after repair.
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Huang, Q., Yao, H.H., Shao, F. et al. Analysis of Risk Factors for Postoperative Complication of Repair of Bile Duct Injury After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Dig Dis Sci 59, 3085–3091 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-014-3255-7
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