[Classification of iatrogenic damages of biliary ducts in cholecystectomy]

While introduction of laparoscopic technologies into clinical practice the extrahepatic bile--efferent ways damages during cholecystectomy performance had increased from 0.1-0.2 to 0.4-0.7%. The necessity of elaboration of a simple and mostly complete classification of such damages had occurred. The advantages and faults of the main world-wide now existing classifications of the extrahepatic biliary ducts damages were analyzed. Classification of their own, reflecting, without unnecessary details, the majority of possible variants of the biliary ducts damages, was proposed, making it convenient for practical application.