Open AccessComplications following T-tube & C-tube Drainage of the Common Bile Duct
Author(s) -
Rovena Bode,
Klevis Shella,
Hysni Dede,
Xheladin Draçini,
Etmont Çeliku
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
albanian journal of trauma and emergency surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2616-4922
pISSN - 2521-8778
DOI - 10.32391/ajtes.v5i2.228
Subject(s) - medicine , tube (container) , surgery , cholangiography , common bile duct , complication , incidence (geometry) , peritonitis , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
The aim of this study is to assess the complications of T-tube (Kehr) and C- tube (Cystic) drainage used for biliary drainage, following biliary surgery.
We evaluate all possible complications, related to the tube in situ, during cholangiography and following t- tube removal retrospectively, during a 4- year period 2016-2019.
T-tubes were inserted in 48 patients, with 11 (22.8%) patients experiencing complications related to T-tube. A broad spectrum of complications was found, ranging from biliary-specific complications such as a biliary leak, biliary peritonitis, and retained stones, to systemic general complications as wound infection, pulmonary thromboembolism, and internal hemorrhage.
Although this retrospective study has underestimated the incidence of T-tube complications, it has demonstrated significant morbidity related to T-tube use, which poses the need for replacement by minimally invasive surgical techniques.