Hepatic subcapsular biloma: a rare complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Vassilios Stathopoulos1, Marios Georganas2, Konstantinos Stratakis1
12nd Department of Surgery, Rhodes General Hospital, 85100 Rhodes, Greece.
Case Reports in Surgery
|September 2, 2014
Abstract:
The development of an intra-abdominal bile collection (biloma) is an infrequent complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). These bilomas develop in the subhepatic space most often secondary to iatrogenic injury of the extrahepatic ducts. We present a case of hepatic subcapsular biloma following LC and we discuss its etiology and management. Early diagnosis is crucial and percutaneous drainage under CT guidance should be employed to resolve this complication.


