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