Research Article
Early or Delayed Intervention for Bile Duct Injuries following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy? A Dilemma Looking for an Answer
Table 6
Factors that potentially influenced the decision for early or late surgical intervention by HBS.
| | Early | Late | value | Total |
| Injury type | | | | | E (49) | 29 | 20 | 0.692 | 49 | Non-E (7) | 5 | 2 | | 7 | E 1, 2 | 16 | 9 | | 25 | E 3, 4, 5 | 13 | 11 | 0.484 | 24 | Initial recognition of injury | | | | | During LC | 12 | 2 | 0.027 | 14 | Postoperatively | 22 | 20 | | 42 | LC performed to | | | | | Our unit | 14 | 2 | 0.009 | 16 | Other units | 20 | 20 | | 40 | Time to referral | | | | | <48 hours | 9 | 3 | 0.038 | 12 | >48 hours | 11 | 17 | | 28 | Presenting symptoms | | | | | Bile leak | 9 | 3 | 0.063 | 12 | Others | 13 | 17 | | 30 | Biloma | 3 | 4 | 0.580 | 7 | Others | 19 | 16 | | 35 | Biliary peritonitis | 0 | 5 | 0.018 | 5 | Others | 22 | 15 | | 37 | Cholangitis | 1 | 4 | 0.174 | 5 | Others | 21 | 16 | | 37 | Obstructive jaundice | 9 | 4 | 0.143 | 13 | Others | 13 | 16 | | 29 | Nonsurgical interventions before operation | | | | | Yes | 7 | 14 | 0.001 | 21 | No | 27 | 8 | | 35 |
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