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The hot gallbladder What could possibly go wrong?
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The hot gallbladder What could possibly go wrong?
Simon Dexter
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Hot gallbladder?
• Cholecystectomy during acute admission – Acute cholecystitis – Gallstone related pain – non resolving – Post mild acute pancreatitis
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AUGIS guidelines 2015
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Abnormal LFTs +/- dilated duct
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Best practice (AUGIS 2015, NICE 2014)
• Early US confirmation • Acute cholecystectomy <72 hours (1 week) • Laparoscopic approach • (Percutaneous cholecystostomy) • Appropriately experienced surgeons • IOC + LCBDE where appropriate • MRCP only for high CBD stone risk
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Reality
• Delayed USS • Long waits for theatre • Repeated starving for theatre • Defensive investigations – further waits • Repeated handovers from team to team • Difficult inflamed gallbladders • Unnecessary septic complications • Readmissions for recurrent biliary disease
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SWORD dataset
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Acute cholecystectomy % completed laparoscopically
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What could go wrong before surgery?
• Handover issues • Change in clinical picture • Recurrent biliary complication (discharged pts)
• Responsibility lies with operating team
– Patient id – Investigations – Reassess clinical picture – Preparation for theatre – Appropriate consent – WHO checks
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So what could go wrong during surgery?
• Access injury • Bleeding • Bile duct / hilar injury • Visceral injury
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Access injury
• Usually technique • Patient factors
– Scars – Intra-abdominal
adhesions – Thin abdomen
• Visceral injury – Recognise and repair – Beware kebab
• Vascular injury – Recognise – Avoid delay – Control – Help
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Bleeding
• Anticipate and reduce risk – Clotting function – ? Defer if dual antiplatelets / warfarin – Cirrhotic liver
• Avoid dissection into liver • Close GB dissection • Avoid hilum • Good suction, swabs, haemostats • Convert if uncontrolled
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Bile duct injury
• Obscured anatomy • Loss of planes • Mirrizzi syndrome
• USUALLY misidentification
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Underestimation of risk
• Early in career • Unaware of risk • Underdeveloped skill, surgical and interpretational
• Later in career • Lack of focus • This wont happen to me
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Frequency of Use of Intraoperative Cholangiography (IOC) by Surgeons and the Rate of Common Bile Duct Injury (CBD
Flum, D. R. et al. JAMA 2003;289:1639-1644
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Fig 3 Survival in patients with iatrogenic bile duct injury during cholecystectomy, according to use of intraoperative cholangiography (IOC).
Törnqvist B et al. BMJ 2012;345:bmj.e6457
©2012 by British Medical Journal Publishing Group
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Too treacherous?
•Drain •Cholecystostomy •Partial cholecystectomy •Subtotal cholecystectomy
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Going forward…
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And what about after surgery?
• Event – Sepsis – Bile leak – Retained stone – Bleed – Pancreatitis – Thromboembolism
• Operative strategy – AB’s – Remove spilled stones – Washout – Drain – IOC – Haemostasis – DVT prophylaxis
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Tips in acute cholecystectomy (GT)