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Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy as recorded in the Swedish laparoscopy registry
1Department of Surgery, Länssjukhuset, Kalmar, Sweden.
The European Journal of Surgery. Supplement. : = Acta Chirurgica. Supplement
|July 8, 2000
Abstract:
The Swedish laparoscopy registry prospectively recorded 11,164 laparoscopic cholecystectomies during the years 1991-1993 with the aim of monitoring bile duct injuries and other complications of the new technique. In total 57 bile ducts were injured; 35 of these were merely incision of the common bile duct. Serious injuries with tissue loss occurred in 11 cases and clipping or electrocautery damage in another 11.