Table 1.

Distribution of injuries occurring during laparoscopic cholecystectomy as reported in the literature

	No. of cases	Bile duct injury	Vascular injury	Bowel injury	Miscellaneous
Kern (1997), USA	44	61%	9%	9%	14%
Physician Insurers Association of America (1994), USA	324	70%	9%	11%	10%
McLean (2006), USA	104	78%	7%	2%	13%
de Reuver et al. (2008), Netherlands	210	62%	N/A	N/A	N/A
NHSLA, UK (present study)	133	72%	3%	9%	16%

N/A, information not available; NHSLA, National Health Service Litigation Authority