Martinez-Lopez, S, Upasani, V, Pandanaboyana, S et al. (4 more authors) (2017) Delayed referral to specialist centre increases morbidity in patients with bile duct injury (BDI) after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). International Journal of Surgery, 44. pp. 82-86. ISSN 1743-9191
Abstract
Background: There is still a debate regarding the optimal management of bile duct injury following cholecystectomy. Our aim was to ascertain if delayed referral influenced clinical outcomes for patients with BDI treated in our institution. Materials and methods: We interrogated a prospectively maintained database, including all patients with BDI (Bismuth and Strasberg classifications) post LC managed in our unit from 2000-2014. Referrals were arbitrarily defined as early (<96 hours from the injury) and delayed (>96 hours). Results: 68 patients with BDI were managed. Patient demographics, referral time, level of injury and morbidity data was collected. 50 patients (77%) required a surgical bile duct reconstruction. The Early referral Group included 33 patients (52.4%) and Delayed referral group 30 (47.6%). The patients referred late had a significantly high incidence of right hepatic artery injury (23% vs. 3%) and the overall number of complications (0.0001). The average number of surgical interventions (2.5 vs 1.8, p<0.05) and invasive procedures (4 vs. 2.5, p< 0.05) per patient was high in the late referral group. There was significant difference in the interval between BDI-to-reconstruction (median 3 vs. median 88 days, p< 0.05) and referral-to-hospital discharge (median 9 vs. median days 59, p< 0.05). On multivariate analysis only delayed referral (OR 7.58, 95% CI 2.1-26.6) and Strasberg-E injuries (OR 4.86, 95% CI 1.1-20.9) were significant. Conclusion: A late referral was associated with a higher incidence of post-treatment complications, greater need for invasive procedures and a longer recovery period. These observations support the need for early patient transfer to a tertiary institution following BDI.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 IJS Publishing Group Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in International Journal of Surgery. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Bile duct injury; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Delayed referral |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Inst of Biomed & Clin Sciences (LIBACS) (Leeds) > Trans Anaesthetics & Surgical Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2017 07:46 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.06.042 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:117928 |