title: [Therapy of chronic persisting biloma after liver resection by enteral drainage].
abstract: Postoperative bile leaks represent a typical complication in liver surgery with a frequency ranging from 5 % to 12 % in large series. The treatment of choice is usually conservative. Using sufficient transcutaneous drainage with flushing of the biloma cavity and endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) with sphincterotomy and possibly stenting, the cure rate of bile leaks is approximately 95 %. In very rare cases all of these measures remain unsuccessful especially in cases of leakage from separated liver segments without connection to the main bile duct system. In relevantly separated liver segments this can lead to a chronically secreting bile fistula.We report a series of seven patients after complex liver resections, in which a chronic bile cavity was definitively treated with a jejunum loop as internal drainage. The prior conservative therapy included cavity suction drainage and optionally an additional ERC with or without stent insertion. After several weeks of bile leak persistence and radiological confirmation of suturable bile wall the operative treatment was carried out. The biloma cavity was careful dissected, opened and anastomosed with a jejunal loop. The further postoperative course was uncomplicated in all patients.It is possible to treat chronic persistent bile leaks safely and effectively by internal drainage through the jejunal loop after formation of a suturable biloma cavity membrane.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland, wladimir.faber@charite.de.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Faber
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schöning
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Denecke
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Veltzke-Schlieker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neuhaus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pratschke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seehofer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation
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