31 cases of iatrogenic cholangic injury reported. 28 cases followed from 9 months to 6 years. iatrogenic cholangic injury is not an uncommon occurence main cases are inregular procedures, and carelessness in this group, only 9 cases were found intraoperatively. The main manifestations after injury were aggravating jaundice and/or bilious peritonitis. Symptoms, signs, B-type ultrsound and sometimes ERCP were used for diagnosis. Once the injury ascertained ends are the best treatment, an alternative Roux-Y Cholangiojejunostomy was also commonly used. In this group, 4 cases received the first methos and all with good results; 23 patients treated by the second methos, 17 were uneventful, 4 experienced more or less abdomenal pain, 2 suffered difinite repeated cholangitis and another 1 died.
Citation: Wu Shasha,Zeng Yong,Zhong Dachang.. REPORT OF 31 CASES WITH IIATROGENIC CHOLANGIC INJURY. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 1995, 2(3): 155-157. doi: Copy