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INJURIES TO THE BILE DUCT RESULTING FROM LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
Author(s) -
Richardson A. J.,
Brancatisano R.,
Avramovic J.,
Roney W.,
Little J. M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00491.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery , bile duct , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , cholecystectomy , bile duct diseases , surgery
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has now become the treatment of choice for symptomatic gall stones. There does, however, appear to be an increased incidence of bile duct injuries. In this article, experience with eight patients who sustained a bile duct injury and were referred to the Hepatobiliary Selvice at Westmead Hospital, between 1990 and 1992, is reported.