Spontaneous hepaticoduodenal fistula functioning like a bilioenteric anastomosis following bile duct injury: case report

Turk J Gastroenterol. 2009 Sep;20(3):220-3. doi: 10.4318/tjg.2009.0011.

Abstract

Bile duct injury is a serious complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We report a case of spontaneous hepaticoduodenal fistula following bile duct injury. Initially, Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy had been planned for the patient, but as the patient did not show any symptoms or findings of biliary obstruction, we preferred a non-operative management. The fistula allowed adequate biliary drainage, and the patient has been followed regularly by the outpatient clinic with good clinical results for approximately five years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Bile / metabolism
  • Bile Ducts / injuries*
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / surgery*
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / adverse effects*
  • Drainage
  • Duodenum / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology*
  • Intestinal Fistula / metabolism
  • Intestinal Fistula / therapy
  • Liver / pathology
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / metabolism
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy