Erschienen in:
03.05.2016 | Reply, Letter to the Editor
In Response to Letter to the Editor: Resanovic A, Resanovic V, Zdravkovic D, Toskovic B, Djordjevic M (2016) Bile Duct Injuries Indeed are a Rare, But Much Feared Complication
verfasst von:
J. Rystedt, G. Lindell, A. Montgomery
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 9/2016
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We appreciate the opportunity to further elaborate and discuss the results of our population-based study on bile duct injury (BDI) after cholecystectomy [
1]. We believe that structured training in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, frequent intraoperative cholangiography, and registration in the national quality register contributes to the low incidence of BDI reported (0.3 %; 174/55,134). An equally low incidence of BDI in Sweden has been reported previously in the study by Waage et al. based on data from the mandatory Swedish Inpatient Registry during a longer period, 1987–2001, (0.4 %; 613/152,776) [
2]. …