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Complications of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

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Abstract

The most serious cause of morbidity occurring during cholecystectomy is bile duct injury (BDI) [1, 2]. In fact, major BDIs (involving the common bile duct (CBD), main biliary confluence, or main bile ducts) can have a substantial impact on quality of life and survival of injured patients, who often are young people (mean age 44–55 years) [1, 3—5]. It has been reported recently that after injury there was a nearly threefold increase in the risk of death in the short term compared with patients without BDI [2].

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Nuzzo, G., Giuliante, F., Ardito, F. (2008). Complications of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. In: Biliary Lithiasis. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0763-5_21

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