... leakage (p = 0.0003, odds ratio 16.742; table 4 ). Bile leak Hepatectomy Risk factors Postoperative complication Although recent advances in surgical procedures and perioperative management have reduced mortality and morbidity in liver surgery [ 1,2,3 ], bile leakage is one of the most...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Bile leak Biliary drainage Endoscopic treatment Hepatic resection Partial liver resection has been widely accepted as an effective...

... oversewn using fine absorbable sutures. Of these, 7 had the bile ducts decompressed using a T tube, with only 1 developing a post-operative bile leak. In comparison, 8 were not drained of which 6 leaked (p = 0.03). The median post-operative hospital stay was 8 days (range 5–24). Patients who developed post...