SINGLE HOLE SURGERY FOR GALL BLADDER STONE
Bibliography for Complications of Laparoscopic Gall Bladder Surgery
(Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy)

Page is under construction .. but some of the important references can be viewed.

  • 770,000 cholecystectomy procedures performed in the United States each year.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1514308/

  • Bile duct injury (BDI) is the scourge of LC

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12074081

  • Main cause is misperception & not lack of knowledge, skill or judgment

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1514483/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12677139

  • Misperception is so compelling that the problem is not recognized

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12677139

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1514483/

http://office.attractive.co.il/visionsense/uploads/visualization%20systems%20in%20endoscopic%
20surgery_surgical%20endoscopy_2005.pdf

http://www.ucsfcme.com/2012/slides/MSU12012/18RogersBileDuctInjuries.pdf

  • The primary cause of error in 97% of cases was a visual perceptual illusion.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1514483/

  • BDI is an inherent risk of LC.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1422134/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697871/

http://www.belsurg.org/uploaded_pdfs/103/103_154_160.pdf

http://www.bges.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2010_Oct14_15-Start-Hubert-BDI-Strasbourg.pdf

  • Only 25% BDI are found preoperatively. (Thus a surgeon can miss 75% even after completion of
    surgery.)

http://www.slideshare.net/omarnas/iatrogenic-biliary-tract-injuries    …. Slide no. 18

This slide also states that about 50% of injuries present weeks to years after surgery.