GuidelineSurgical endoscopy2012
Prevention and treatment of bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the clinical practice guidelines of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES).
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- SAGES-AHPBA 2025 guideline for the surgical management of bile duct injury following cholecystectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Pooled it
- Critical view of safety approach vs. infundibular technique in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which one is safer? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review on laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy for difficult gallbladders: a lifesaving bailout or an incomplete operation?Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2024Pooled it
- Selective intraoperative cholangiography should be considered over routine intraoperative cholangiography during cholecystectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Pooled it
- Comparative Evaluation of Standard Cholangiography, Intravenous, and Intracholecystic Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Cholangiography During Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Results of a Three-Arm Randomized Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of no drainage after elective day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy, even with intraoperative gallbladder perforation: a randomized controlled trial.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Trial
- Contextual interference for skills development and transfer in laparoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Trial
- Investigating the effects of drainage by hemovac drain on shoulder pain after female laparoscopic surgery and comparison with deep breathing technique: a randomized clinical trial study.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Trial
- Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy for difficult gallbladder management: A single-center study.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- ChatGPT and other large language models in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a multidimensional audit of reliability, quality, and readability.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Biliary Injuries Repair Using Copolymeric Scaffold: A Systematic Review and In Vivo Experimental Study.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2025Article
- Recent research progresses of bioengineered biliary stents.Materials today. Bio · 2024Review
- Anatomical Schemata Revealed by the Critical View of Safety Approach: A Proposal of the Hellenic Task Force on the Typology of Safe Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (HETALCHO).Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Moving the needle for laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: defining obstacles for the path forward.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Artificial intelligence applied to laparoscopic cholecystectomy: what is the next step? A narrative review.Updates in surgery · 2024Review
- Congenital cystohepatic duct found during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Post Cholecystectomy Bile Duct Injury in an Acute Setting: Categorization, Triaging, and Management Algorithm.Cureus · 2024Article
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy critical view of safety (LC-CVS): a multi-national validation study of an objective, procedure-specific assessment using video-based assessment (VBA).Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- A multi-national, video-based qualitative study to refine training guidelines for assigning an "unsafe" score in laparoscopic cholecystectomy critical view of safety.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundLaparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures in Europe (and the world) and has become the standard procedure for the management of symptomatic cholelithiasis or acute cholecystitis in patients without specific contraindications. Bile duct injuries (BDI) are rare but serious complications that can occur during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Prevention and management of BDI has given rise to a host of publications but very few recommendations, especially in Europe.
methodsA systematic research of the literature was performed. An international expert panel was invited to appraise the current literature and to develop evidence-based recommendations. Statements and recommendations were drafted after a consensus development conference in May 2011, followed by presentation and discussion at the annual congress of the EAES held in Torino in June 2011. Finally, full guidelines were consented and adopted by the expert panel via e-mail and web conference.
resultsA total of 1,765 publications were identified through the systematic literature search and additional submission by panellists; 671 publications were selected as potentially relevant. Only 46 publications fulfilled minimal methodological criteria to support Clinical Practice Guidelines recommendations. Because the level of evidence was low for most of the studies, most statements or recommendations had to be based on consensus of opinion among the panel members. A total of 15 statements and recommendations were developed covering the following topics: classification of injuries, epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, and management of BDI.
conclusionsBecause BDI is a rare event, it is difficult to generate evidence for prevention, diagnosis, or the management of BDI from clinical studies. Nevertheless, the panel has formulated recommendations. Due to the currently limited evidence, a European registry should be considered to collect and analyze more valid data on BDI upon which recommendations can be based.
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