RT Book, Section A1 Mathur, Amit K. A1 Knol, James A. A2 Minter, Rebecca M. A2 Doherty, Gerard M. SR Print(0) ID 510130154 T1 Chapter 13. Management of Bile Duct Injuries and Biliary Strictures T2 CURRENT Procedures: Surgery YR 2010 FD 2010 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-145316-5 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=510130154 RD 2024/10/08 AB Iatrogenic biliary injuries associated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy (most common), or other foregut operations.Operative approach depends on the time the injury is diagnosed (eg, immediately, early [≤ 4 weeks after injury], or late [> 4 weeks after injury]). If the patient is hemodynamically stable, immediate biliary reconstruction is indicated when an injury is identified intraoperatively during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy or other operation and a hepatobiliary surgeon is available to perform the repair.For patients with early or late injuries, operative management typically requires delayed biliary reconstruction with a biliary-enteric anastomosis.The aim of operative intervention is definitive treatment of patients with iatrogenic common bile duct or more proximal biliary injuries after the residual inflammation from the acute injury has resolved.If the injury has been thoroughly evaluated and the biliary system has been sufficiently decompressed and drained for 6 weeks or more, reconstruction is required if a biliary stricture persists or if biliary-enteric discontinuity remains.