Objective To apply human performance concepts in an attempt to understand the causes of
and prevent laparoscopic bile duct injury. Summary Background Data Powerful conceptual …

Bile duct injury is an important unsolved problem of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, occurring
with unacceptable frequency even in the hands of experienced surgeons. This suggests that …

Background. Injury to the bile ducts is the most important complication of laparoscopic
cholecystectomy (LC), affecting approximately 2000 patients annually in the United States …

Background: With the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, an increase in the
incidence of bile duct injury two to three times that seen in open cholecystectomy was …

Objective: To analyze the treatment of bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
to discern the factors affecting outcome. Design: An analysis of the treatment of 88 patients …

Background: Iatrogenic common bile duct injury is the worst complication of laparoscopic
cholecystectomy. The goal of this study is to increase awareness of the problem and …

Recent developments in laparoscopic surgical techniques, especially the successful
introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, have caused an explosive wave of interest in …

Biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy is still a serious problem. Injury occurs as
a result of technical errors or misidentification of ducts. Inexperience, inflammation, and …

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has become the first‐line surgical
treatment of calculous gall‐bladder disease and the benefits over open cholecystectomy are …

Objective To determine whether surgical residency training has influenced the occurrence of
common bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and to asses the anatomic …