• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Intraoperative Treatment of Duct of Luschka during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Case Report and Revision of Literature
  • Contributor: Masoni, Luigi; Landi, Leandro; Maglio, Riccardo
  • imprint: Hindawi Limited, 2018
  • Published in: Case Reports in Surgery
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1155/2018/9813489
  • ISSN: 2090-6900; 2090-6919
  • Keywords: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ; Metals and Alloys ; Strategy and Management ; Mechanical Engineering
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  • Description: <jats:p><jats:italic>Background</jats:italic>. Bile leakage still remains a serious complication during cholecystectomies. In limited cases, this complication may occur from injury of the so-called ducts of Luschka. These rare ducts are usually discovered intraoperatively, and their presence poses the risk of bile injury and clinically significant bile leak. <jats:italic>Presentation Case</jats:italic>. We present a unique case of a 59-year-old male patient with acute cholecystitis. After removal of the gallbladder, thorough inspection of the hepatic bed was made and a little bile leak was identified from a duct of Luschka 1 cm away from the gallbladder hilum. We report on the use of endoscopic QuickClip Pro® clips (Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, Japan) to avoid further more invasive treatment. <jats:italic>Discussion</jats:italic>. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with sphincterotomy played a crucial role for diagnosis and treatment of bile leaks with success rate near 94%. Many authors have argued the role of relaparoscopy, Diagnosis may be intraoperatively but this option does not seem to occur very often; in fact, there is a lack of data in literature. <jats:italic>Conclusion</jats:italic>. This is the first case report of bile leak from duct of Luschka treated during the cholecystectomies with endoscopic clip.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access