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ArticleAnnals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery2020

Isolated aberrant right cysticohepatic duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Evaluation and treatment challenges of a severe postoperative complication associated with an extremely rare anatomical variant.

Konstantinos Vasiliadis, Elena Moschou, Sofia Papaioannou, Panagiotis Tzitzis, Albion Totsi, Stamatia Dimou, Eleni Lazaridou, Dimitrios Kapetanos, Christos Papavasiliou

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Article in Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Konstantinos VasiliadisFirst Surgical Department, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6964-060X
Elena MoschouFirst Surgical Department, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6620-6878
Sofia PapaioannouDepartment of Radiology, General Hospital Papageorgiou, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0087-3701
Panagiotis TzitzisFirst Surgical Department, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0362-5749
Albion TotsiFirst Surgical Department, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2942-4790
Stamatia DimouFirst Surgical Department, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-3409
Eleni LazaridouSchool of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6602-5097
Dimitrios KapetanosDepartment of Gastroenterology, General Hospital Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8605-9721
Christos PapavasiliouFirst Surgical Department, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4700-0177
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRG. Papanikolaou General Hospital · GRPapageorgiou General Hospital · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A typical bile duct branching patterns represent one of the major causes of bile duct injury (BDI) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). The most common classified variations of bile duct branching, involve the right posterior sectoral duct (RPSD) and its joining with the right anterior or left hepatic duct. Variant bile duct anatomy can rarely be extremely complex and unclassified. This report describes an extremely rare case of an isolated injury to an aberrant right hepatic duct formed by the joining of ducts from segments V, VII, and VIII draining into the cystic duct (cysticohepatic duct) during LC, associated with an inferior RPSD opening to left hepatic duct. Detailed evaluation of both endoscopic and magnetic cholangiograms established the diagnosis. Bile duct injury was subsequently managed surgically by a demanding Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy. This extremely rare case aims to serve as a useful reminder of the consistent inconsistency of biliary anatomy, alerting surgeons to beware of variant bile duct branching patterns during open or LC that constitute a dreadful pitfall for severe and life-threatening bile duct injuries.

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Bile duct injuryHepaticojejunostomyLaparoscopic cholecystectomyRight sectoral bile ductRule rather than the exceptionVariability in bile duct branching pattern

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PMCPMC7271109
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