Yemeni-Turkish Surgical Congress, 30-31 May 2012, Sana’a

Surgical management of bile duct injuries

Sinan YOL, M.D. General & Gastrointestinal Surgeon

Aim of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy

• Surgey (TODAY)Uncomplicated

Work (NEXT WEEK)

Aim of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Surgery (TODAY)Complicated / Injury

Long hospital stayRepeated investigations like USG and ERCPRadiologic interventionsRe-operationsEven liver transplantation

Bile duct injury

• Prevention should be the main point (much more important than the treatment)

• ALL laparoscopic cholecystectomies ARE difficult!– None of them is easy!

• If injury occurred, …who should treat it?when should it be treated?how should it be treated?

Bile duct injuryclassification (bismuth ve strasberg)

Treatment

If possible, diagnose the injury during the surgery!

When you realised that there is an injury, ASK for HELP!If possible do not try to repair, even you are experienced.

An experienced and FRESH surgeon should repair the injury.

If it is impossible AND it is a difficult injury that you can not treat, place catheters and refer the patient.

Intraoperative repair

Conversion! We do not like and do laparoscopic repair, if it is not so simple.

There is no ‘Tissue Lost’, primary repair over T-tube???stricture rate is high!!!

There is ‘Tissue Lost’, biliodigestive anastomosis:choledocoduodenostomy / hepaticojejunostomy

Intraoperative repair

Intraoperative repair

How long you should keep the T-tube?

Previously it was 6 months to 1 year.

Now, after 2 or 3 week, we do ERCP and place plastic stents (if possible more than one).

Post-operative diagnosed injury

Operation detail is important.

It is very common that each surgeon says there was an anomali which is not true.

Variations:

Post-operative diagnosed injury

Real anomali

Post-operative diagnosed injury

Biliary leak OR obstruction (type of injury)

Physical examination (treat the patient, not laboratory values!)

There is bilioma / sepsis or notaccompanying injury?

Post-operative diagnosed injury

First control the leak (percutaneous catheter placement, re-laparoscopic drainage, open surgery, nasobiliary drainage etc.) and treat the peritonitis (or even sepsis).

If the fistula is under control, give time for inflammation.

Then try to diagnose the type of injury (MRCP, fistulography, ERCP, PTC)

Diagnose

Diagnose

40 y old, femalePreoperative lab values N

POD 3, Bilirubin increased

USG minimal dilated bile ductEndoUSG : choledocholithiasis

ERCP : stone extirpated

Diagnose

Leak from ductus cysticus

(Strasberg A)

Diagnose and treatment

Leak from ductus cysticus (Strasberg A)

Nasobiliary drainage

Diagnose

ERCP

Complete obstruction

Diagnose

PTC (Strasberg E2)

Diagnose

MRCP

(Strasberg E3)

Diagnose

Arteriography

(RHA injury)

Surgical repairCholedocho-choledochostomy

Surgical repair Choledocho-duodenostomy

Surgical repair Hepatico-jejunostomy (Roux-en-Y)

Surgical repair Double lumen hepatico-jejunostomy (Roux-en-Y)

Surgical repair Formation of one anastomosis

Surgical repair left hepatic duct anastomosis

(Segment III / Hepp-Couinaud)

Surgical repair Intrahepatic cholanjio-jejunostomy (Longmire)

Surgical repair Permanent access hepatico-jejunostomy

Percutaneous repair

Endoscopy through permanent access

Percutaneous baloon dilation

Surgical repair Fistulo-jejunostomy

Simple and short duration surgery for selected

patients