Complications following T-tube & C-tube Drainage of the Common Bile Duct
| Title: | Complications following T-tube & C-tube Drainage of the Common Bile Duct |
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| Authors: | Rovena Bode, Klevis Shella, Hysni Dede, Xheladin Dracini, Etmont Celiku |
| Source: | Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Albanian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Surgery LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid |
| Subject Terms: | choledochotomy, T-tube, C-tube, CBD exploration, ES, ERCP, Surgery, RD1-811, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9 |
| More Details: | The aim of this study is to assess the complications of T-tube (Kehr) and C- tube (Cystic) drainage used for biliary drainage, following biliary surgery. We evaluate all possible complications, related to the tube in situ, during cholangiography and following t- tube removal retrospectively, during a 4- year period 2016-2019. T-tubes were inserted in 48 patients, with 11 (22.8%) patients experiencing complications related to T-tube. A broad spectrum of complications was found, ranging from biliary-specific complications such as a biliary leak, biliary peritonitis, and retained stones, to systemic general complications as wound infection, pulmonary thromboembolism, and internal hemorrhage. Although this retrospective study has underestimated the incidence of T-tube complications, it has demonstrated significant morbidity related to T-tube use, which poses the need for replacement by minimally invasive surgical techniques. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2521-8778 2616-4922 |
| Relation: | http://journal.astes.org.al/index.php/AJTES/article/view/228; https://doaj.org/toc/2521-8778; https://doaj.org/toc/2616-4922 |
| DOI: | 10.32391/ajtes.v5i2.228 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/e16e781a276b466f9492a3f0ae07d215 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.16e781a276b466f9492a3f0ae07d215 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 25218778 26164922 |
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| DOI: | 10.32391/ajtes.v5i2.228 |
| Published in: | Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery |
| Language: | English |