Videolaparoscopic management of percutaneous liver biopsy complications. 2001

J Gama-Odrigues, and C Bresciani, and V E Seid
Department of Gastroenterology, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil. jagama@ruralsp.com.br

Percutaneous liver biopsy is a routine procedure in the diagnosis, management, and follow-up of several liver disorders. Mortality and morbidity rates from percutaneous liver biopsy are low. This report of three cases of serious percutaneous liver biopsy complication and their management highlights the role played by videolaparoscopy as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in two different types of PLB complication: hemobilia and bile peritonitis. In two patients, intrahepatic arteriobiliary fistula developed with gastrointestinal hemorrhage (hemobilia). Both were treated with cholecystectomy and ligation of the right branch of the hepatic artery. In the third case, the percutaneous liver biopsy needle punctured the gallbladder, leading to bile peritonitis and acute abdomen, and the patient underwent videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy with aspiration and lavage of the abdominal cavity. Videolaparoscopic procedures are an adequate alternative for the management of serious percutaneous liver biopsy complications such as hemobilia and bile peritonitis. The advantages of a videolaparoscopy include low morbidity rates, quick recovery, good cosmetic result, and ability to resolve the complications of percutaneous liver biopsy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007431 Intraoperative Complications Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure. Peroperative Complications,Surgical Injuries,Complication, Intraoperative,Complication, Peroperative,Injuries, Surgical,Complications, Intraoperative,Complications, Peroperative,Injury, Surgical,Intraoperative Complication,Peroperative Complication,Surgical Injury
D008107 Liver Diseases Pathological processes of the LIVER. Liver Dysfunction,Disease, Liver,Diseases, Liver,Dysfunction, Liver,Dysfunctions, Liver,Liver Disease,Liver Dysfunctions
D008297 Male Males
D010535 Laparoscopy A procedure in which a laparoscope (LAPAROSCOPES) is inserted through a small incision near the navel to examine the abdominal and pelvic organs in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. If appropriate, biopsy or surgery can be performed during laparoscopy. Celioscopy,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures,Peritoneoscopy,Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Laparoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical,Surgery, Laparoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic,Celioscopies,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgeries,Laparoscopic Surgeries,Laparoscopies,Peritoneoscopies,Surgeries, Laparoscopic,Surgeries, Laparoscopic Assisted,Surgery, Laparoscopic Assisted
D010538 Peritonitis INFLAMMATION of the PERITONEUM lining the ABDOMINAL CAVITY as the result of infectious, autoimmune, or chemical processes. Primary peritonitis is due to infection of the PERITONEAL CAVITY via hematogenous or lymphatic spread and without intra-abdominal source. Secondary peritonitis arises from the ABDOMINAL CAVITY itself through RUPTURE or ABSCESS of intra-abdominal organs. Primary Peritonitis,Secondary Peritonitis,Peritonitis, Primary,Peritonitis, Secondary
D002763 Cholecystectomy Surgical removal of the GALLBLADDER. Cholecystectomies
D005260 Female Females
D005704 Gallbladder A storage reservoir for BILE secretion. Gallbladder allows the delivery of bile acids at a high concentration and in a controlled manner, via the CYSTIC DUCT to the DUODENUM, for degradation of dietary lipid. Gallbladders
D006431 Hemobilia Hemorrhage in or through the BILIARY TRACT due to trauma, inflammation, CHOLELITHIASIS, vascular disease, or neoplasms. Biliary Tract Hemorrhage,Hemorrhage, Biliary Tract,Biliary Tract Hemorrhages,Hemobilias
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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