Open AccessSubacute liver and respiratory failure after segmental hepatectomy for complicated hepatolithiasis with secondary biliary cirrhosis: A case report
Author(s) -
Wei Fan,
Xiaojing Zou
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i4.341
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatolithiasis , hepatectomy , cirrhosis , liver transplantation , intrahepatic bile ducts , gastroenterology , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , surgery , bile duct , transplantation , pancreatitis , resection
Despite being a benign disease, hepatolithiasis has a poor prognosis because of its intractable nature and frequent recurrence. Nonsurgical treatment is associated with high incidences of residual and recurrent stones. Consequently, surgery via hepatic lobectomy or segmental hepatectomy has become the main treatment modality. Clinical management and resolution of complicated hepatolithiasis with bilateral or diffuse intrahepatic stones remain very difficult and challenging. Repeated cholangitis and calculous obstruction may result in secondary biliary cirrhosis, a limiting factor in the treatment of hepatolithiasis.