Table 1.
Type | Description |
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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.