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2005 Abstracts: Role of Interventional Radiology in Multidisciplinary Care of 200 Bile Duct Injuries Sustained During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
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Role of Interventional Radiology in Multidisciplinary Care of 200 Bile Duct Injuries Sustained During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Jason K. Sicklick, Melissa S. Camp, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD; Keith D. Lillemoe, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Genevieve B. Melton, Charles J. Yeo, Kurtis A. Campbell, Mark A. Talamini, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD; Henry A. Pitt, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; JoAnn Coleman, Patricia A. Sauter, Jeff F. Geschwind, Anthony C. Venbrux, John L. Cameron, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

In the 1990s, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) supplanted open cholecystectomy in the treatment of gallbladder disease. But the use of LC has led to a rise in bile duct injuries (BDI). Despite the frequency of BDI, there are few reports on longitudinal, multidisciplinary care. Methods: From 1990-2003, a database of patients (pts) with a BDI during LC was maintained. Charts were retrospectively analyzed for surgical/interventional radiologic (IR) care and complications. Results: Over 13 yrs, 200 pts were treated. There were 150 women (75%) with a mean age of 45.5 yrs. 12 BDI were sustained at our hospital. 9 were immediately repaired and 3 were diagnosed by percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and repaired within 7-96 d. 188 pts were referred 29.1±62.5 wks after BDI (median 3) with bile leak/biloma (42.6%), jaundice (29.3%), or cholangitis (20.2%). Before repair, 3 deaths occurred due to sepsis. Initial IR work-up included 362 visits by 188 pts. Ultimately, 130 pts (69.1%) had 180 bile stents inserted (range 1-4) and 22 pts (11.5%) had 36 biloma drains placed (range 1-10). Prior to definitive repair, 82 pts (44.3%) underwent elective or emergent cholangiography (c-gram)/stent changes during 352 IR visits (4.3/pt). Common indications were cholangitis (30.8%) and minor stent problems (51.4%). 22 pts had intact biliary-enteric continuity and underwent successful balloon dilatation. Overall, 175 pts had repairs including 172 hepaticojejunostomies (98%). There were 3 post-op deaths. Post-op c-gram revealed anastomotic leak in 4.5% and liver dome-stent exit site extravasation in 10.3% of pts. 8.4% of these were treated by new stent placement or drainage. After discharge, in+out-pts underwent 1022 IR visits for 1374 stent changes or 12 abscess drainages. Of the visits, 54.6% were elective while the rest were for stent problems (55.7%), cholangitis (24.8%), jaundice (2.6%), or abscess (2.4%). There was no difference in post-op readmission rates or in the rates of cholangitis, abscess/biloma, jaundice, bile leak, or wound infection based on the number of stents inserted at repair. Conclusion: Our series represents the largest single institution report of the surgical-IR management of BDI after LC. Treatment of these pts is labor intensive for surgeons and radiologists in the pre-/post-operative settings. Coordinated multidisciplinary care, including biliary stenting, appears to assure optimal results without impacting the rates of common complications.



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