Early or Delayed Intervention for Bile Duct Injuries following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy? A Dilemma Looking for an Answer

Table 2

Definite management of BDI according to their type.

Strasberg classification of bile duct injuries ( = 92)			Management
Type	Description	Number of patients (%)	Conservative (wait and see)	Drainage	PTC	ERCP	Bile duct repair	Reconstruction
Type A	Bile leak from cystic duct stump or the gallbladder bed	7	2	1	1	3	0	0
Type B	Right segmental duct division where both ends are clipped	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Type C	Right segmental duct division where the hepatic end remains open	4	1	1	2	0	0	0
Type D	Lateral wall injury to the common bile duct	18	0	0	3	4	7	4
Type E	Major CBD division/stricture with 5 subdivisions	63	0	0	0	0	9	54
E1	Site of CBD division is >2 cm from the bifurcation	10	0	0	0	0	4	6
E2	Site of CBD division is <2 cm from the bifurcation	26	0	0	0	0	3	23
E3	Site of CBD division is at the bifurcation	22	0	0	0	0	2	20
E4	Division or injury to the left, right, or both hepatic ducts	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
E5	An injury of a right segmental duct along with a type E3/E4 injury	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total		92	3	2	6	7	16	58