Early View Article: Online published version of an accepted article before publication in the final form. Journal Name: International Journal of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases (IJHPD) Type of Article: Case Report Title: Challenges in management of right aberrant hepatic duct injury Authors: Jayashri S Pandya, Sudatta B Waghmare, Makrand M Thakre, Nilesh H Doctor doi: To be assigned Early view version published: September 22, 2015 How to cite the article: Pandya J S, Waghmare S B, Thakre M M, Doctor N H. Challenges in management of right aberrant hepatic duct injury. International Journal of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases (IJHPD). Forthcoming 2015. Disclaimer: This manuscript has been accepted for publication. This is a pdf file of the Early View Article. The Early View Article is an online published version of an accepted article before publication in the final form. The proof of this manuscript will be sent to the authors for corrections after which this manuscript will undergo content check, copyediting/proofreading and content formatting to conform to journal s requirements. Please note that during the above publication processes errors in content or presentation may be discovered which will be rectified during manuscript processing. These errors may affect the contents of this manuscript and final published version of this manuscript may be extensively different in content and layout than this Early View Article. Page 1 of 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 TYPE OF ARTICLE: Case Report TITLE: Challenges in management of right aberrant hepatic duct injury AUTHORS: Jayashri S Pandya 1, Sudatta B Waghmare 2, Makrand M Thakre 3, Nilesh H Doctor 4 AFFILIATIONS: 1 M.S.General Surgery, Professor, General Surgery dept. and Incharge emergency trauma services, T.N.M.C & B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, smruti63@hotmail.com 2 M.S. General Surgery, Assistant Professor, General Surgery dept., T.N.M.C & B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, sudattaw@gmail.com 3 PG Resident in General Surgery, Third year resident, General Surgery dept., T.N.M.C & B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, meetmak@gmail.com 4 M.S. General Surgery, Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Jaslok hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, drnileshbela@gmail.com CORRESPONDING AUTHOR DETAILS Dr. Jayashri S Pandya, B/101 Gokul Monarch, Thakur complex Kandivali East, Mumbai, India-400101 Contact Phone: +919833774575 Contact Email: smruti63@hotmail.com Fax number: 02228548499 Short Running Title: Challenges in management of right aberrant hepatic duct injury Page 2 of 11
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64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 TITLE: Challenges in management of right aberrant hepatic duct injury ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Bile duct injury (BDI) is a known complication following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Variation in biliary tree anatomy occur in about 25% patients with aberrant right hepatic duct being the most common [1]. Low insertion of the right hepatic duct puts it at risk of damage during dissection of the Calot s triangle. The resulting isolated right posterior BDI poses a challenge for both diagnosis and management. CASE REPORT We present a case of a persistent bile leak after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Diagnosis of an aberrant right hepatic sectoral duct injury was confirmed by MRCP, and managed by Roux en Y hepaticojejunostomy. CONCLUSION Right posterior hepatic duct opening located close to cystic duct is a dangerous scenario. Due to its location, it has high potential to get injured. The leak may then be errorneously attributed to injury to minor biliary radicle in gall bladder fossa and delay the diagnosis. Hence, there should be high index of suspicion to diagnose such injuries, as interpretation of ERCP images may be errornous. Keywords: Cholecystectomy, Bile duct injury, Sectoral bile duct, Hepaticojejunostomy. 90 91 92 93 94 95 Page 4 of 11
96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 TITLE: Challenges in management of right aberrant hepatic duct injury INTRODUCTION Bile duct injury (BDI) is a serious complication of cholecystectomy.the incidence of aberrant biliary anatomy is approximately 1 1.5%, with anomalies of the right duct being the most frequent [2]. There are many factors which place the RPSD at risk of being ignored during cholecystectomy. These are: A low insertion of Right Posterior Sectoral Duct (RPSD) into the common bile duct close to the cystic duct, RPSD running behind the cystic duct to join the common bile duct, the cystic duct joining the confluence of the sectoral or hepatic ducts. CASE REPORT A 54-year-old female underwent uneventful laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. She developed pain in the right hypochondrium 4 days after surgery. There was no history of vomiting, fever or jaundice. Sonography showed a fluid collection in the gall bladder fossa, confirmed by computed tomography (CECT)(Figure 1). A 14 F Pigtail catheter was inserted to drain the collection. There was persistent drainage of 150-200 ml of bile per day. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP) was performed 10 days after initial surgery.it showed mildly dilated CBD without any obvious leak. The diagnosis of an isolated Strasberg type C bile duct injury [3] was made by magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) (Figure 3). On careful review of ERCP images, the right posterior hepatic duct was not visualized (Figure2). The diagnosis of isolated Strasberg type C bile duct injury was confirmed. After period of 6 weeks the drainage remained 150-200 ml. A Roux-en-Yhepatico-jejunostomy to the right aberrant hepatic duct was performed. Post operative period was uneventful, liver function tests were normal. DISCUSSION Bile duct injury (BDI) is a recognised complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Anomalous drainage of the right posterior sectoral bile duct into the cystic duct or the common hepatic duct is seen in around 2%-5% of patients [1] increasing the risk of injury. Different BDI classifications are described in the literature. Strasberg Page 5 of 11
128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 Classification [2] includes all types of injury including a leak. Right posterior sectoral bile duct injuries according to Strasberg s classification can be types B or C injuries. The operative injury to these ducts as a result of division or clipping can result in bile leak or recurrent episodes of cholangitis [4]. These patients usually present with abdominal pain or fever if biloma becomes infected. In some patients, injuries to these ducts may go unrecognized as the injured area tends to atrophy. Diagnosis and management protocol can be elusive. Abdominal ultrasound or CTscan may reveal perihepatic fluid collection. Preoperative cholangiography is essential in defining the anatomy for a successful reconstruction following major bile duct injuries. The advantage of magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRCP) imaging is to delineate all ducts, even those that are excluded from the biliary system. ERCP may be diagnostic and therapeutic. But ERCP has a limited role only in injuries where the connection of the extrahepatic tree to the duodenum is still intact. Bile leak in the presence of an intact common bile duct should raise the suspicion of RPSD injury [5, 6]. Intervention depends on the time period between surgery and recognition of the type, extent and level of the injury. External biliary drainage allows control of the leak and may obviate the need for surgery in 50% of patients [7]. In cases of persistent drainage after 8 weeks, a hepaticojejunostomy should be constructed to a Roux-en- Y jejunal limb. CONCLUSION RPSD opening located close to cystic duct is dangerous sceneraio. Due to its location, it has high potential to get injured. The leak may then be errorneously attributed to injury to minor biliary radicle in gall bladder fossa and delay the diagnosis. Hence, high index of suspicion to diagnose such injuries, as interpretation of ERCP images may be errornous. AUTHOR S CONTRIBUTIONS Jayashri S Pandya Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data Page 6 of 11
160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article Final approval of the version to be published Sudatta B Waghmare Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data Makrand M Thakre Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data Nilesh H Doctor Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article Final approval of the version to be published ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NOT GIVEN REFERENCES 1. Wojcicki M, Patkowski W, Chmurowicz T, Bialek A, Wiechowska-Kozlowska A, Stankiewicz R, Milkiewciz P, Krawezyk M Isloated right posterior bile duct inury following cholecystectomy: Report of two cases. World J Gastrointenterology 2013 19(36): 6118-6121 2. Babel N, Sakpal SV, Paragi P, Wellen J, Feldman S, Chamberlain RS. Iatrogenic bile duct injury associated with anomalies of the right hepatic sectoral ducts: a misunderstood and underappreciated problem. HPB Surg 2009; 2009: 153269. 3. Strasberg SM, Hertl M, Soper NJ. An analysis of the problem of biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Am Coll Surg1995; 180: 101-125 [PMID: 8000648 4. Aijaz A. Sofi, Osama H. Alaradi, Marwan Abouljoud,and Ali T. Nawras. Aberrant Right Hepatic Duct Draining into the Cystic Duct: Clinical Outcomes Page 7 of 11
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222 FIGURE 223 224 225 226 227 Figure 1: CECT Abdomen showing collection (arrow) in gall bladder fossa 228 229 Page 9 of 11
230 231 232 233 Figure 2: ERCP image showing dilated CBD (arrow) without any opacification of right posterior sectoral duct. 234 235 Page 10 of 11
236 237 238 239 Figure 3: MRCP image showing (arrow) Right posterior sectoral duct draining in collection Page 11 of 11