A rare case of biliary leakage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy-diagnostic evaluation and nonsurgical treatment: a case report.

Acta Inform Med

Department of Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery, Clinic for Surgery, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Published: April 2015

Although laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become a gold standard in treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis, it is associated with higher risk of intraoperative lesions and primarily lesions of biliary ducts. In small percentage of cases biliary fistulas occur, most commonly after leakage from cystic duct stump or accessory bile ducts - Luschka's duct. We report of a patient who had episodes of abdominal pain following routine laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute calculous gallbladder. Results of conducted diagnostics verify the presence of biliary fistula caused by obstruction of bile pathways by stagnant pus and microcalculi of common bile duct, with development of biloma presumably caused by pressure injection of contrast material during ERCP procedure. Endoscopic sphincterectomy via ERCP enabled healing of formed biliary fistula, whilst continuous percutaneous ultrasound guided drainage of biloma was method of choice in later treatment of our patient. It is important to note that diagnostic evaluation of biliary fistula is very challenging and that timely nonsurgical treatment is of great benefit for patient.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2015.23.116-119DOI Listing

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