Traumatic bile duct injury

Biliary tract injury is a broad term that refers to various causes mainly caused by extrahepatic bile duct injuries, such as battle injuries, stab wounds, blast injuries, epigastric contusions, traffic accidents, epigastric surgery, and new technology applications such as Accidental injury after interventional treatment, liver transplantation, etc. In order to distinguish its nature, cause, and injury, and to help guide clinical diagnosis and treatment, biliary tract injuries can be divided into two categories: traumatic and iatrogenic biliary injury. The direct results of various biliary tract injuries are often manifested as biliary tract infections, bile duct stenosis (incomplete obstruction) and / or bile fistula formation, as well as many subsequent liver and systemic damages.

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