Table 2.
Claims and outcome
| Claim | n | On-going | Abandoned | Settled | Trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vascular injury | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Bowel injury | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Duodenal injury | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Resectional BDI | 33 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Cut/transected BDI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Clip BDI | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Diathermy BDI | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Hepatic artery injury with no BDI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bile leak | 25 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| Retained CBD stones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wound closure | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Spilled gallstones | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Unnecessary operation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Postoperative bleeding | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| VTE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Port-site hernia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Incisional hernia following conversion to open | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Instrument failure | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foreign body | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wound infection | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chronic pain | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 151 | 12 | 58 | 79 | 2 |
BDI, bile duct injury; CBD, common bile duct; VTE, venous thrombo-embolism.