Iatrogenic bile duct injury

Iatrogenic bile duct injury refers to accidental bile duct injury during surgery, usually extrahepatic bile duct injury. It is mainly seen in biliary tract surgery, especially cholecystectomy. In addition, major gastric resection, liver rupture repair, and liver resection can also occur. The occurrence of bile duct stenosis after liver transplantation has also been reported.

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