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. 2019 Jan 17;37(1):10–21. doi: 10.1159/000496432

Table 1.

The Strasberg-Bismuth classification for BDI

Type Description
A Cystic duct leak or leak from small ducts in the liver bed
B Occlusion of an aberrant right hepatic duct
C Transection without ligation of an aberrant right hepatic duct
D Lateral injury to a major bile duct
E Circumferential injury to a major bile duct:
 E1 Transection or stricture >2 cm from the hilum
 E2 Transection or stricture <2 cm from the hilum
 E3 Transection at the level of the bifurcation, without loss of contact between the left and right hepatic duct
 E4 Transection at the level of the bifurcation with loss of communication between the left and right hepatic duct
 E5 An injury of a right segmental duct combined with an E3 or E4 injury

BDI, bile duct injury.