Table 2.

Type of management strategy of the bile duct injury chosen by various groups of surgeons

Type of repair	Individual surgeon in nursing home n=29	Surgeons with <5 year experience with LC n=123	Non biliary surgeons n=99	Working in a non biliary center n=82
On table suture repair	3 (10%)	18 (15%)	11 (11%)	7 (9%)
On table repair over T tube	7 (24%)	19 (15%)	25 (25%)	23 (28%)
On table RYHJ	9 (31%)	31 (25%)	17 (18%)	10(12%)
Drainage alone	6 (21%)	27 (22%)	21 (21%)	21 (26%)
Drainage+endoscopic stenting	3 (10%)	22 (18%)	22 (22%)	17 (21%)
§RYHJ <4 weeks	1 (3%)	2 (2%)	1 (1%)	2 (2%)
§RYHJ >4 weeks	0	4 (3%)	2 (2%)	2 (2%)
Summary of management
Drainage with or without endoscopic stenting	9 (31%)	49 (40%)	43 (43%)	31 (39%)
Repair of BDI	20 (69%)	74 (60%)	56 (57%)	44 (54%)

LC, laparoscopic cholecystectomy; RYHJ, roux-en-y hepaticojejunostomy; BDI, bile duct injury