Management of concomitant hepatic artery injury in patients with iatrogenic major bile duct injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
2007
Background:
Concomitant hepatic artery injury is a rare but severe complication associated with bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).
Methods:
Sixty patients referred with biliary injury after LC between April 1998 and December 2005 were divided into two groups according to the time elapsed between injury and definitive surgical revision; patients in group 1 were referred early (within 4 days) after operation and those in group 2 were referred later. Hepatic rearterialization was performed in addition to biliary reconstruction when technically possible.
Results:
Damage to the hepatic artery was detected in ten patients. Hepatic rearterialization was carried out in five patients by end-to-end anastomosis (one), or by using an autologous graft (three) or allogeneic vascular graft (one). Three patients in group 2 underwent right hemihepatectomy without arterial reconstruction owing to liver necrosis or lobar atrophy. Three of ten patients died from postoperative complications.
Conclusion:
Combined bile duct and hepatic artery injury during LC led to a complicated clinical course, with a high mortality rate. Reconstruction of the right hepatic artery might be helpful in reducing hepatic ischaemia, but is usually feasible only if the injury is identified early. Copyright © 2007 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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