Outcomes and manoeuvers
cholangitis, blood loss, liver abscess, jaundice, HJ
CHOLANGITIS, BLOOD LOSS, BILE LEAKAGE, BILE LEAK, LIVER ABSCESS, SECONDARY
The primary outcome was a successful reconstruction rate. The secondary outcomes were blood loss, HJ diameter, operative time, drainage amount, drain and stent duration, postoperative LFTs, morbidity and mortality, number of admissions and interventions, hospital stay, patient QOL, and total cost.The index treatment was our definitive intervention to repair the BDIFor the assessment of the QoL, the Euro QoL-five dimensions (EQ-5D) score was usedAccording to the international study group of liver surgery, bile leakage is defined as fluid with an elevated bilirubin level (three times higher than the serum bilirubin measured at the same time) in the abdominal drain or the intra-abdominal fluid on or after postoperative day 3, or as the need for radiologic intervention because of biliary collections or re-laparotomy resulting from biliary peritonitisThe successful reconstruction was defined as the repair with HJ with no further re-intervention up to the 3rd month postoperatively. In contrast, reconstruction failure was defined as any episodes of bile leak, cholangitis, jaundice, or liver abscess following the HJ that needed re-intervention within the first 3 months postoperatively