Table 1.
Characteristics of patients referred after post-cholecystectomy bile duct injury.
| Patient characteristics | n (%)(n = 87) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 19 (21.8) |
| Female | 68 (78.2) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 14 (16.1)) |
| Hypertension | 12 (13.8) |
| Ischemic heart disease | 3 (3.4) |
| Asthma | 1 (1.1) |
| Chronic liver disease | 1 (1.1) |
| ECOG | |
| 1 | 63 (72.4) |
| 2 | 11 (12.6) |
| 3 | 13 (14.9) |
| Sepsis at presentation | |
| No | 53 (60.9) |
| Yes | 34 (39.1) |
| Clinical presentation | |
| Bile leakage | 19 (21.8) |
| Jaundice | 65 (74.7) |
| Initial surgery | |
| Bile leakage and jaundice | 3 (3.4) |
| Open cholecystectomy | 32 (36.8) |
| Laparoscopic cholecystectomy | 55 (63.2) |
| Conversion to open | 21 (38.1) |
| Reason for conversion (n = 21) | |
| Operative difficulty | 5 (23.8) |
| Intraoperative bleeding | 3 (14.3) |
| Bile duct injury | 13 (61.9) |
| Surgery at a tertiary facility | |
| Yes | 23 (26.4) |
| No | 64 (73.6) |
| Prior ERCP | |
| Performed | 36 (41.4) |
| Prior PTBD | |
| Performed | 10 (11.5) |
| Prior surgical management | |
| None | 35 (40.2) |
| Laparotomy and drainage | 16 (18.4) |
| Primary repair of the bile duct | 2 (2.3) |
| T-tube repair | 10 (11.5) |
| Choledochoduodenostomy | 4 (4.6) |
| Hepaticojejunostomy | 20 (23) |
ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; PTBD, percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.