BACKGROUND: Bile duct injuries remain one of the most devastating injuries during
laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Few studies target surgeons who have experienced bile duct …

Background: Iatrogenic common bile duct injury is the worst complication of laparoscopic
cholecystectomy. The goal of this study is to increase awareness of the problem and …

Objective To determine whether surgical residency training has influenced the occurrence of
common bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and to asses the anatomic …

Introduction The incidence of bile duct injury (BDI) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy has
not changed significantly in the past 2 decades despite increased operative experience and …

Since its inception, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been associated with an increased
incidence of bile duct injury. 1 Bile duct injury is a seriously morbid iatrogenic condition …

Background Bile duct injury (BDI) remains the most dreaded complication following
cholecystectomy with serious repercussions for the surgeon, patient and entire healthcare …

BACKGROUND: Two decades since the advent of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the rate of
bile duct injuries still remains higher than in the open cholecystectomy era. METHODS: The …

Common bile duct injury is a serious but uncommon complication of laparoscopic
cholecystectomy. A case-control epidemiologic study of patients who had undergone …

Background Common bile duct (CBD) injury is a serious complication of laparoscopic
cholecystectomy (LC). Predictors of this adverse outcome have not been well documented …

BACKGROUND: Recent reports in the scientific and lay press have suggested that bile duct
injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy are common in Ontario. The reports were …