Early or Delayed Intervention for Bile Duct Injuries following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy? A Dilemma Looking for an Answer

Table 3

Surgical management of bile duct injuries ( = 67).

	Total		Bile duct repair		Reconstruction
	Patients operated on by HBS (%)	Patients operated on by non-HBS (%)	Patients operated on by HBS (%)	Patients operated on by non-HBS (%)	Patients operated on by HBS (%)	Patients operated on by non-HBS (%)
Early (<2 weeks); repair or reconstruction	32 (57.1)	7 (38.9)	3 (100)	6 (46.2)	29 (54.7)	1 (20)
Intermediate (2–12 weeks) repair or reconstruction	0 (0)	11 (61.1)	0 (0)	7 (53.8)	0 (0)	4 (80)
Late (>12 weeks) repair or reconstruction	24 (42.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	24 (45.3)	0 (0)
Total	56 (100)	18 (100)	3 (100)	13 (100)	53 (100)	5 (100)

HBS: specialized hepatobiliary surgeons.
Non-HBS: nonspecialized hepatobiliary surgeons.