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Spontaneous choledochoduodenal fistula in a patient with a bile duct injury following laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz141
Abstract

We report a 67-year-old female that had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy complicated by common bile duct (CBD) and right hepatic artery injuries. A catheter was placed into the proximal common bile duct to create an external biliary fistula. The catheter eroded into the edge of the CBD and that irritation caused a choledochoduodenal fistula to form. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in which an external biliary catheter caused the formation of a choledochoduodenal fistula after a bile duct injury from a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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