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Incidence and management of biliary leakage after hepaticojejunostomy

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This study analyzes the change in the management of biliary leakage after hepaticojejunostomy. Between 1993 and 2003 all patients (n = 1033) were studied with a hepaticojejunostomy as part of a pancreatoduodenectomy (n = 486), proximal bile duct resection (without liver resection) (n = 35), and biliodigestive bypass for malignant (n = 302) and benign (n = 210) disease. Biliary leakage was defined as the presence of bile-stained fluid (>50 mL) in the abdominal drain more than 24 hours after surgery, proven radiologically or at relaparotomy. The studied patients were divided into two equal periods to analyze the change in management. Overall, 24 of 1033 patients (2.3%) had biliary leakage. In multivariate analysis, a body mass index greater than 35 kg/m2 (P = .012), endoscopic biliary drainage (P = .044), and an anastomosis on the segmental bile ducts (P < .001) were independent predictors of leakage. Management in the first half of the study period (1993-1998) versus the second half (1999–2003) was maintenance of operatively placed drains (18% vs. 15%, respectively, P = 1.000), percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (18% vs. 69%, respectively, P = .012), surgical drainage (55% vs. 8%, respectively, P = .023), and re-hepaticojejunostomy (9% vs. 8%, respectively, P = 1.000). There was no mortality in the patients with biliary leakage. Leakage after a hepaticojejunostomy is a relatively rare complication without mortality and can safely be managed with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Steve M. M. de Castro M.D., Koert F. D. Kuhlmann M.D., Olivier R. C. Busch M.D., Thomas M. van Gulik M.D., Hugo Obertop M.D. & Dirk J. Gouma M.D.

  2. Interventional Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Otto M. van Delden M.D. & Johan S. Laméris M.D.

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de Castro, S.M.M., Kuhlmann, K.F.D., Busch, O.R.C. et al. Incidence and management of biliary leakage after hepaticojejunostomy. J Gastrointest Surg 9, 1163–1173 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gassur.2005.08.010

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