In the study period (from January 1996 to December 2006), the total number of patients suffering from bile duct injury after cholecystectomy was 101. Fifty six of 101 were treated with endoscopic ...

Bile duct injury (BDI) is a serious complication that can occur during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC ... referrals were made reactively, often after complications had arisen[5].

With the advent of laparoscopic technology, open cholecystectomy has been supplanted ... this has led to an increase in the incidence of major bile duct injuries (BDI). Several studies have ...

A cholecystectomy, or the surgical removal ... Abdominal pain can occur due to other gastrointestinal conditions (like bile duct obstruction, inflammatory bowel disease, or peptic ulcer disease ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;24(5):762-769. The use of endoscopic therapy to manage post-surgical bile duct leaks is well established in clinical practice. However, in literature, there is no ...