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. 2016 Sep;98(7):456–460. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2016.0182

Table 2.

Bile-duct injury and a pseudoaneurysm: chronology, presentation and outcome of a hepatic-artery pseudoaneurysm

Age (years) and sex Time to discharge (days) Pseudoaneurysm presentation Time from cholecystectomy (days) Management Outcome
76, Male 12 Bleeding from drainage site; Hypotension 13 Needed two embolisations 3 days apart Developed segmental infarction of the right lobe of the liver. Well at 10-month follow-up.
59, Male 16 Blood in the drain 48 Successful embolisation Needed delayed repair of bile-duct injury (E3). Well at 41-month follow-up.
54, Male 13 Rectal bleeding; Hypotension 17 Successful embolisation Anastomotic stricture needing revision. Well at 81-month follow-up.
56, Male 5 Haematemesis and melena 25 Successful embolisation CBD stricture needed hepaticojejunostomy. Well at 99-month follow-up.
66, Male 41 Blood in percutaneous drain placed for anastomotic leak. 31 Successful embolisation Needed percutaneous dilatation of anastomotic stricture. Well at 78-month follow-up.
74, Male 3 Hypotension; anaemia 86 Successful embolisation Died 29 days after embolisation of multiple-organ failure.
70, Female 7 Upper abdominal pain 812 Successful embolisation Well at 16-month follow-up.
64, Female 21 Blood in drain 13 Unable to embolise selectively. However, no flow in the pseudoaneurysm at the end of angiography Well at 2-month follow-up.