During laparoscopic gallbladder removal surgery, there can be times when the surgeon mistakes the common bile duct for the cystic duct. If the surgeon does not recognize this error before clipping or dissecting, this may produce a serious injury or inappropriate damage or insult to the common bile duct. As (more…)
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Intraoperative Cholangiography Cholecystectomy is the most commonly performed elective abdominal surgical procedure in the United States. Each year approximately 750,000 cholecystectomies are performed in the United States alone.1 For every 200 cholecystectomies performed one injury to the common bile duct occurs.2 An injury to the common bile (more…)
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When there is a surgical mistake during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (or gallbladder removal surgery) resulting in an injury or insult to the common bile duct, the classic defense is that there were anatomical anomalies that made it difficult to ascertain or identify the correct biliary structures. A (more…)
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Understanding Gallstones he gallbladder (or cholecyst or gall bladder) is a pear-shaped organ located in the right upper abdomen below the liver. Bile is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder until needed by the body. Bile aids in the body’s digestive process. When the bile contains too much cholesterol, bile (more…)
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Cholecystectomy and the Risk of Injury to the Common Bile Duct uring laparoscopic gallbladder removal surgery, or cholecytectomy, there can be times when the surgeon mistakes the common bile duct for the cystic duct. If the surgeon does not recognize this error before clipping or dissecting, this may produce (more…)
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