Corresponding author: Lawrence W. Way, MD, 513 Parnassus Ave, Room S-550, San Francisco, CA 94143-0475 (e-mail: lwway@aol.com). Serious illness, however, was associated with the following: (1) a longer period of undrained bile (15.4 vs 9.2 days. He was discharged after 2 months with his peripancreatic drain in situ and long acting octreotide depot intramuscularly. Computed tomography was the most sensitive (Table 4). Could you give us an idea how many patients required drains placed outside of the right upper quadrant? All Rights Reserved. Additionally, there is mild heterogeneous enhancement of the surrounding liver parenchyma from localized inflammation (Figures 1 and 2). Drainage had not been instituted in 42% of patients within 7 days of the index operation and in 19% within 14 days of the index operation. Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2Y9. Also bile leakage may be rooted for causing PCS. Abdominal fluid collection after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It has been reported, that about 5% to 30% of patients who have had cholecystectomy developed the syndrome.  K Bile peritonitis. Fluid collections did not correlate with fever or white blood cell count. How long can a surgical drain stay in? The clinical manifestations of intra-abdominal bile collections were initially discounted in 77% of patients, so the problem went unsuspected for a variable and often lengthy period. Langenbecks Arch Surg. Abdominal bile collection, sometimes abbreviated as "bile collection," refers to the presence of undrained bile in the abdomen and includes 2 subcategories, bile ascites and bile peritonitis. Influence of intraperitoneal drains on subhepatic collections following cholecystectomy: a prospective clinical trial.  B Bile ascites. A tertiary care teaching hospital. Maull KI, Shirazi KK, Whitley RE, Halloran LG, Gayle WE, Haynes BW Jr. Monson JR, MacFie J, Irving H, Keane FB, Brennan TG, Tanner WA. This allows the injury to be fully delineated and treatment to be planned and carried out in an unhurried manner. The series included five abscesses, three hematomas, one biloma, and one serous collection. Occasionally, an operation is required to drain the bile and wash out the inside of your tummy.  JE Lethal factors in bile peritonitis. She was discharged. Associated fat stranding. -, Surg Gynecol Obstet. William W. Turner, Jr, MD, Jackson, Mo: The authors looked at initial drainage at the index operation, but didn't present any conclusions about its efficacy or lack thereof. Most cholecystectomies are now done laparoscopically. The mean duration of drain placement was 3.1±1.9 (range 1–16) days. Using the Statview 5.0 statistical program, the data were analyzed by analysis of variance, the Fisher exact test, or the χ2 test. NIH It is observed that the rate of clinically-relevant bile leaks after conventional open cholecystectomy ranges was between 0.1% and 0.5% 1-3). Patients with drains have an increased inci- 652 The American Journal of Surgery Drainage After Cholecystectomy dence of fever, and the drain tract itself is a site for infection. The primary outcome measure was the presence of subhepatic fluid collection at abdominal ultrasonography, performed 24 h after surgery. After a week of outpatient treatment at 23rd postoperative day, the patient came to control ultrasound examination, which found a regression of fluid collection in the postcholecystectomy bed with the size of 32 x 20 mm. Barakat M, Kothari S, Sethi S, Banerjee S. Dig Dis Sci. The primary outcome measure was the presence of subhepatic fluid collection at abdominal ultrasonography, performed 24 h after surgery. Two patients died of sepsis and multiorgan system failure. Dropped gallstones leading to abscess formation can occur after a period of months to years after the laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which can make diagnosis challenging . Epub 2012 Mar 16. The initial clinical findings did not differ in these patients compared with those with a less complicated illness. The earlier a patient is discharged, obviously the more difficult it is to diagnose a bile leak.  MC Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a national survey of 4292 hospitals and analysis of 77,604 cases.  JRWeitraub Sometimes this fluid can be drained off. Of these 179 patients, 25 (14%) had a drain placed at the time of the first operation. Because the data were collected retrospectively, does this affect the validity of the conclusions?  RP Spontaneous of the extrahepatic bile ducts and bile peritonitis in infancy. Bile ascites. Other patients would even need admission to a hospital when this syndrome arises.  NCMNicholls Figure 1. All Rights Reserved, Challenges in Clinical Electrocardiography, Clinical Implications of Basic Neuroscience, Health Care Economics, Insurance, Payment, Scientific Discovery and the Future of Medicine, United States Preventive Services Task Force, 2000;135(5):538-544. doi:10.1001/archsurg.135.5.538.  |  After laparoscopic gallbladder removal patients are randomized to have a suction drain positioned in the subhepatic space or to have a sham drain in the subhepatic space. The mean (± SD) time to diagnosis was 16.8 (25.0) days for all patients with intra-abdominal bile collections. Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience.  BWright Wallace B, Schuepbach F, Gaukel S, Marwan AI, Staerkle RF, Vuille-Dit-Bille RN. Spilled gallstones appear on sonography as small hyperechoic lesions that may be related to fluid collections and are found most often in the subdiaphragmatic or subhepatic spaces [ 58 ] (Fig. The anastomosis should be done in 1 layer using fine (ie, 6-0, 5-0, or 4-0), absorbable, monofilament suture. Analysis of 179 patients with bile fistulas after cholecystectomy, of which 154 patients had undrained bile collections. 2016 Jun;401(4):489-94. doi: 10.1007/s00423-016-1411-6. Twenty-one percent of the patients were men and 79% were women; the average age was 46 years (range, 18-86 years). Thomas A. Stellato, MD, Cleveland, Ohio: I also have a problem with the premise that suggests that a bile collection is equal to a bile duct injury. These 154 patients constitute the group of principal interest in this report, although the 25 patients with drains will also be described. On the contrary. The presence of a drain did not guarantee that a bile collection would be avoided; drains can malfunction. Ten patients with subhepatic fluid collections complicating laparoscopic Cholecystectomy were successfully treated by interventional radiological procedures. Post Cholecystectomy Syndrome Causes. Abdominal fluid collection after laparoscopic cholecystectomy British Journal of Surgery (2000) Vivian C. McAlister Symptoms, physical findings, course of illness, and laboratory and imaging findings. Nineteen percent of patients with undrained bile collections experienced serious morbidity. The evidence suggests that if bile collections were never drained, most patients would eventually become gravely ill from superinfection. Some patients in this review were known from imaging studies to have intra-abdominal bile collections, but they were followed up expectantly with the expressed hope that the bile would be reabsorbed from the abdominal space. Although accurate in some cases, HIDA scans overlooked many significant leaks. Were they all patients who had drains in place? After laparoscopic gallbladder removal patients are randomized to have a suction drain positioned in the subhepatic space or to have a sham drain in the subhepatic space. Occurrence of BDI results in difficult reconstruction, prolonged hospitalization, and high risk of long-term complications. Severe complications were not confined to patients whose bile was allowed to go undrained for long periods: 4 patients with undrained bile developed severe complications within 5 days of the index operation. The relationship between the presence of fluid and several other variables, such as use of drains and surgical techniques, are discussed. Women who develop post-hysterectomy fluid collections appear to be at increased risk for the development of febrile morbidity and cuff cellulitis. A 71-year-old woman status after laparoscopic cholecystectomy underwent abdominal MR imaging for concern for bile leak. I wonder if you have used this in selected patients. Hypothesis  We have previously discussed the treatment of biliary injures in detail.8 In general, cystic duct and liver bed leaks can be treated by percutaneous drainage of bile collections and endoscopic placement of a temporary biliary stent. collection, his cholecystectomy would be performed on an interval basis. Furthermore, when a HIDA scan was positive, another imaging test (ie, CT or ultrasound scan) had to be done to insert drains into the collection.  LFSuresh The group of main interest consisted of 154 patients with undrained bile collections. We present a case of hepatic subcapsular biloma following LC and we discuss its etiology and management. Customize your JAMA Network experience by selecting one or more topics from the list below. After a bile collection has been evacuated by drains, ERCP and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography should be performed to define completely the cause of the bile leak and the anatomy of the biliary tree.8 Then, a specific operative treatment plan can be devised. Only 5 patients (3%) had bile peritonitis as the initial presenting syndrome caused by the bile collection. The term postcholecystectomy syndrome (PCS) describes the presence of symptoms after cholecystectomy. in an analysis of 1920 open cholecystectomies showed no significant difference in the complication rate between the drained and non-drained group. The character of these statements would be quite different if collected as part of a prospective study. Evidence of a cholecystectomy is often seen on imaging procedures with surgical clips in the gallbladder fossa and radiologists should be aware of possible complications. They rarely exceeded 2 to 5 mg because the liver eliminates extra bilirubin according to first-order kinetics (the higher the serum bilirubin concentration, the greater the bilirubin load excreted). Even when bile was issuing from a drain, the patient was sometimes managed nonoperatively for periods as long as 6 months. Fluid collection was established by computed tomography (CT) scan.  HH Fluid collections, common in patients with moderate to severe acute pancreatitis, are additionally problematic. Conclusions  :'( :'( In less than a week after I had gall bladder removal,I had had a low fever.I went in to the surgeon at the end of the week,he drained fluid;in another week,again.He seems upset/his nurse is extremely rude;and again,I am having A VERY HARD TIME.I c I wonder if this is a skewed population and if we in practice will not see this rate of bile duct injury as the cause for this problem. These bilomas develop in the subhepatic space most often secondary to iatrogenic injury of the extrahepatic ducts. While positive findings are important, absence of expected positive findings (eg, fever or leukocytosis) is common and does not diminish the significance of the positive findings. Epub 2016 Aug 24. Still, failure to drain a bile collection within just 5 days resulted in serious illness in a few patients. Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. Post cholecystectomy syndrome is a condition that is acquired after an operative procedure, cholecystectomy. Role of intraperitoneal drains on subhepatic collection following routine uncomplicated cholecystectomy. -, N Engl J Med. James J. Peck, MD, Portland, Ore: My concern is the 7% of patients who were asymptomatic. Indian J Surg. However, adaptation of LC is associated with increased risk of complications, particularly bile duct injury ranging from 0.3 to 0.6%. About … Results  PCS also includes the development of symptoms caused by removal of the gallbladder (eg, gastritis and diarrhea). Symptoms, physical findings, course of illness, and laboratory and imaging findings. The injury went unrecognized in 156 patients (87%) at the index operation. How much drainage is normal after cholecystectomy? The attempt to separate the presence of bile in the peritoneal cavity into patients who have ascites vs those who have peritonitis seems to me superficial and not worthwhile. The presence of an abdominal bile collection does not always mean a bile duct injury has occurred, but if the collection is greater than 4 cm, one should assume that there is a significant leak until an ERCP proves otherwise. Percutaneous drainage can be as thorough, and it avoids the morbidity of a laparotomy. J Indian Med Assoc. Counterdrainage is indicated or serious infection may develop. Get the latest public health information from CDC: https://www.coronavirus.gov, Get the latest research information from NIH: https://www.nih.gov/coronavirus, Find NCBI SARS-CoV-2 literature, sequence, and clinical content: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sars-cov-2/. Santschi I have 3 theoretic disagreements with the authors' evaluation of these patients. For instance, if you had operated on a patient and were confident that there was no bile duct injury, would you consider repeat laparoscopy? The attempt to designate bile in the peritoneal cavity as representing ascites suggests that it's innocuous, and I don't believe that bile in the peritoneal cavity is innocuous. Ravdin Fluid collection was detected in the gallbladder area in 67 patients (26.8%). They have demonstrated that the clinical abdominal findings may be subtle and that these subtle abdominal findings frequently result in a delay in diagnosis. In short, it was not possible to distinguish those who would become critically ill from those who would not based on the early clinical presentation. This did not correlate with alkaline phosphatase or bilirubin levels. The effect of prophylactic drainage on subhepatic fluid collections after elective cholecystectomy: a prospective randomized ultrasonographic study.  |  Br J Surg. In this situation, the primary surgeon repaired the bile duct immediately (39%), placed drains and instituted nonoperative treatment (36%), or placed drains and transferred the patient to a tertiary care center for biliary reconstruction (25%). Elboim CM, Goldman L, Hann L, Palestrant AM, Silen W. A prospective ultrasound study of the right upper quadrant in 105 patients who had undergone cholecystectomy showed the incidence of fluid collection in the gall bladder fossa to be 24% 2 to 4 days after operation. Design  It can be managed by laparoscopic washout with or without bile duct repair. Accessibility Statement, Initial Clinical Symptoms, Signs, and Laboratory Findings in Patients With and Without Bile Drains at Index Operation*, Findings in Patients Who Ultimately Developed Bile Peritonitis Compared With Those Who Did Not (Bile Ascites)*, Comparison of Laboratory Values in Patients Without Bile Drains at Index Operation (Early vs Late Placement)*, Comparison of Computed Tomographic Scan, HIDA Scan, and Ultrasound in the Initial Diagnosis of Bile Ascites. Therefore, an endoscopic sphincterotomy was performed. In conclusion, we recommend adoption of a high index of suspicion for biliary tract injury in postcholecystectomy patients who have anything less than a smooth postoperative course. Diagnostic imaging is called for even in the absence of pain, fever, leukocytosis, or abdominal tenderness. Routine Sub-hepatic Drainage versus No Drainage after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Open, Randomized, Clinical Trial. To define the biliary anatomy, a percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography was obtained in 73% of cases and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in 70%. Ten patients with subhepatic fluid collections complicating laparoscopic Cholecystectomy were successfully treated by interventional radiological procedures. The sensitivity of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography for detecting abnormalities was 100%, and for ERCP, 98%. Dr Way: A main point is that surgeons expect bile in the abdomen to always produce clinical peritonitis, meaning pain and tenderness. Crowley 1993 Jul;91(7):175-6. Lee CM, Stewart L, Way LW.  LW Bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: factors that influence the results of treatment. CT abdomen showing haemorrhagic pancreatitis with drain in situ. After laparoscopic gallbladder removal, 53 patients were randomized to have a suction drain positioned in the subhepatic space and 53 patients to have a sham drain. Postoperative ascites is a very rare complication of laparoscopic surgery. Our data show that the symptoms caused by bile collections were often quite subtle. In that case, the data would not accurately reflect existing surgical practice. Of this latter group, 74 had drains placed and 79 did not before a definitive operation was performed to treat the fistula. Among our series, the correct diagnosis was missed initially in 77% of patients. The clinical course of patients whose bile collection was drained early (<10 days after cholecystectomy) was compared with those whose collection was drained late (≥10 days after cholecystectomy) (Table 3).  DM Perforation of the gallbladder. Abdominal pain and tenderness (bile peritonitis) gradually developed in 18% of patients with bile ascites. to download free article PDFs, Rosato Overall, a symptomatic bile collection was initially missed in 77% of patients; their symptoms were considered nonspecific or insignificant. In that paradigm, we have stented these patients endoscopically and do not have to resort to either reoperation or drainage at all, and all patients have recovered. Thus, abdominal pain and tenderness are insensitive criteria for making the diagnosis of bile in the abdomen; for an unpredictable period, pain and tenderness are absent in most patients. HHS The CTscan represents an abscess in the post operative bed of a patient who had undergone cholecystectomy. Because there is risk of miscommunication unless words are used in the same way, we defined them precisely in the article. Sepsis following cholecystectomy. In those patients, repeat laparoscopy is such a simple modality that evacuates all of the bile, both in the right upper quadrant and the rest of the abdomen. Cholangitis was initially present in 26% of patients without drains and in 21% of patients with drains (P, not significant); 11% of patients with undrained bile had sepsis, compared with 7% of those whose fistulas were drained (P, not significant). Seventy-one percent of these patients developed symptoms during this period, most likely due to malfunction of the drains; 20% developed serious complications. Cuff cellulitis was clinically diagnosed in seven of the 13 women (53.8%) with fluid collections, compared to none of 25 women without fluid collections (P < .001, Fisher exact test). Ackerman Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has emerged as a gold standard therapeutic option for the management of symptomatic cholelithiasis. -, Radiology. Bile duct strictures and biliary leakages are severe complications after cholecystectomy procedure. Even when imaging studies had identified a bile fistula, these patients were followed up for an average of 30.2 days (range, 2-189 days) before a definitive repair was performed. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006003.pub2.  LKrynski  LLHarkins Search for more papers by this author  LWay Second, the terminology of bile ascites and bile peritonitis as emphasized in this article excludes the frequent presentation associated with this problem; namely, a localized collection of bile in the right upper quadrant. Donald L. Kaminski, MD, St Louis, Mo: Drs Lee, Stewart, and Way have retrospectively evaluated the clinical significance of bile in the peritoneal cavity associated with biliary tract injuries. First, it would probably be impossible to conduct a study like this prospectively, but that is not the point. Gastroenterol Res Pract. Cholangitis was initially present in 36% of patients who later developed bile peritonitis and 21% of patients who did not (P, not significant). The preoperative diagnoses were chronic cholecystitis (65%), acute cholecystitis (32%), and miscellaneous (3%). Bile collections greater than 500 mL were present in 79% of patients with bile peritonitis and in 13% of patients with bile ascites (P=.002). [1, 2] These symptoms can represent either the continuation of symptoms thought to be caused by gallbladder pathology or the development of new symptoms normally attributed to the gallbladder.PCS also includes the development of symptoms caused by removal of the gallbladder (eg, … The principal misconceptions identified in this study are that a collection of bile (1) always produces severe pain and (2) can be left untreated as long as the patient looks and feels well. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. The important point of this study is that once a bile collection has been drained, the major potential for immediate serious illness has usually been eliminated. The longer the bile collections were left undrained, the greater the incidence of severe illness, including sepsis. The incidence of cholangitis (100% vs 25%, P=.04), sepsis (100% vs 6%, P=.004), and leukocytosis (16.2 × 109 vs 12.6 × 109, P=.03) was greater in those who initially presented with peritonitis compared with those who did not. Ongoing drainage from his peripancreatic drain settled and it was removed at nine months. Drains placed at the index operation usually worked well. BILE COLLECTIONS within the peritoneal cavity have various causes, but they most often occur as a manifestation of bile duct injury or some other technical complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Review of the axial images reveals a direction communication between the posterior inferior wall of the gallbladder and the fluid collection (Figure 2). Basically, about 5% of PCS cases are from an unknown etiology. The clinical syndromes caused by bile collections in the abdomen span a wide spectrum and their natural history and risks are not fully appreciated. 1970 May;171(5):764-9 How long can a surgical drain stay in? Class 2, 3, and 4 injuries should be treated by debridement of devitalized tissue in the hilum of the liver, mobilization of a short (ie, 5 mm) segment of the injured duct, excision of devitalized tissue at the end of the duct, followed by a Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy. The data were analyzed to identify the variables associated with this undesirable outcome. This occurred shortly after the introduction of laparoscopy in the 1980s. Essenhigh In some cases, in spite of investigating patients extensively, no definitive causative factor for the accumulation of fluid can be identified. 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