In particular, lesions with a structural defect of the hepatic or common bile duct (n ... endoscopic therapy in patients with bile duct injury after cholecystectomy; therefore, the clinical ...

Cholecystectomy (ko-luh-sis-TEK-tuh ... which usually lasts 2 hours or less. After surgery, bile flows from the liver (where it is made) through the common bile duct and into the small intestine.

In the current study, we investigated 56 patients with bile duct lesions associated with cholecystectomy ... with peripheral leakages, the most common localization of bile leakages was the ...