[Early referrals of patients with bile duct lesion improve reconstructive surgery outcome].

Damage to the bile ducts caused during open cholecystectomy or laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains a major problem in the practice of surgery today. This is associated with a poor quality of life and increased morbidity. The incidence of bile duct damage varies with the type of damage and the type of surgery performed.

Clostridial infection in a liver transplant recipient.

Clostridium perfringens infection in a liver transplant recipient is a rare complication. We report a case of a liver allograft gas gangrene. The case illustrates the fulminant and rapidly devastating course of this complication.