title: Surgical management of iatrogenic bile duct injury.
abstract: At the Academic Medical Center, 133 patients with a bile duct injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy were treated between 1991 and April 1998. The management of these patients is discussed in a hepato-pancreato-biliary team consisting of radiologist, gastroenterologists and surgeons. In this paper, a summary of the previously reported AMC experience is presented in combination with a reflection of the findings in the literature concerning incidence, aetiology, symptoms, classification, diagnosis and treatment of iatrogenic bile duct injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: De Wit
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rauws
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gouma
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000293:injuries*; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D015994:Incidence