TY - JOUR
T1 - Subvesical bile duct injury
T2 - An often missed cause of postcholecystectomy bile leak
AU - Majumder, Shounak
AU - Habibi, Hamid
AU - Garcia, Christopher M.
PY - 2013/8/1
Y1 - 2013/8/1
N2 - We report a case of postoperative bile leak originating from subvesical bile ducts. This anatomic variant of the bile duct is widely prevalent, often undiagnosed, and usually uncovered in the setting of iatrogenic biliary injury. Injury to these ducts during gallbladder surgery can be potentially averted by minimizing dissection into the hepatic parenchyma. Because of their small size, leaks originating from these ducts have good prognosis and almost never require surgical intervention. Preoperative knowledge of this uncommon variant may improve surgical technique aimed at avoiding biliary injury during cholecystectomy.
AB - We report a case of postoperative bile leak originating from subvesical bile ducts. This anatomic variant of the bile duct is widely prevalent, often undiagnosed, and usually uncovered in the setting of iatrogenic biliary injury. Injury to these ducts during gallbladder surgery can be potentially averted by minimizing dissection into the hepatic parenchyma. Because of their small size, leaks originating from these ducts have good prognosis and almost never require surgical intervention. Preoperative knowledge of this uncommon variant may improve surgical technique aimed at avoiding biliary injury during cholecystectomy.
KW - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
KW - Postcholecystectomy bile leak
KW - Subvesical bile duct
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U2 - 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31828b8364
DO - 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31828b8364
M3 - Article
C2 - 23917609
AN - SCOPUS:84881654881
SN - 1530-4515
VL - 23
SP - e168-e169
JO - Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques
JF - Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques
IS - 4
ER -