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- Provides information based on experience with management of more than 1,000 patients with post-cholecystectomy bile duct injury
- Covers medical as well as non-medical e.g. socio-economic and medico legal aspects of bile duct injury
- Includes most recent references
This book provides detailed insight to the readers into various aspects of bile duct injury. Bile duct injury is a common complication of cholecystectomy to treat gall stone disease prevalent all over the world. Risk of bile duct injury is more during a laparoscopic procedure as compared to open procedure and most cholecystectomies today are performed laparoscopically. Bile duct injury causes major morbidity and may even result in death, additionally it increases the healthcare costs and impairs quality of life. It is therefore important that every surgeon who performs cholecystectomy knows how to suspect, diagnose, manage and prevent bile duct injury. This book provides practical information and offers assistance in managing patients with difficult cases of bile duct injury. It summarises Dr Kapoor’s experience with management of more than 1,000 patients with post-cholecystectomy bile duct injury/ biliary stricture. Chapters cover anatomy, epidemiology, mechanism, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, investigations, classification, diagnosis, management and prevention of bile duct injury. It also includes non-medical issues including health care, socio-economic, costs and quality of life. Table of Contents- Surgical Anatomy of the Hepato-Biliary System
- Epidemiology of Bile Duct Injury
- Mechanisms of Causation of Bile Duct Injury
- Tips and Tricks for Safe Cholecystectomy
- Prevention of Bile Duct Injury During Cholecystectomy
- Pathophysiology of Bile Leak, Bile Loss, and Biliary Obstruction
- Non-biliary Injuries During Cholecystectomy
- Nomenclature and Classification of Bile Duct Injury
- Management of Bile Duct Injury Detected Intraoperatively
- Management of Bile Duct Injury Detected in the Post-Operative Period
- Consequences of Bile Duct Injury: External Biliary Fistula
- Consequences of Bile Duct Injury: Benign Biliary Stricture
- Surgical Management of Benign Biliary Stricture: Hepatico-Jejunostomy
- Surgical Management of Benign Biliary Stricture: Hepatectomy
- Non-surgical Management of Benign Biliary Stricture
- Follow-Up After Repair of Bile Duct Injury
- Healthcare Issues Related to Bile Duct Injury
- Socio-Economic and Medico-Legal Issues Related to Bile Duct Injury
- Institutional Experiences with Bile Duct Injury
- Bile Duct Injury Stories
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