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POST‐CHOLECYSTECTOMY HAEMOBILIA: ENJOYING A RENAISSANCE IN THE LAPAROSCOPIC ERA?
Author(s) -
Stewart Bruce T.,
Abraham Robert J.,
Thomson Ken R.,
Collier Neil A.
Publication year - 1995
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.1445-2197.1995.tb00604.x
Subject(s) - medicine , the renaissance , cholecystectomy , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , general surgery , complication , surgery , gallbladder , art history , art
Trauma to the right hepatic artery during biliary surgery can lead to false aneurysm formation. Subsequent rupture into the biliary system, which may occur after a considerable delay, will then result in major haemobilia. This report details five cases referred to the Royal Melbourne Hospital over a 12 month period, four of which followed initial laparoscopic procedures, and emphasizes important management procedures to prevent and treat this previously rare complication.