2015 Volume 65 Issue 4 Pages 291-297
Bile leakage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy occurs in approximately 2% cases and most of them will be cured by drainage with an intraperitoneal tube inserted during the operation. Additional endoscopic procedures for bile leakage will generally not be needed. When an additional endoscopic procedure is performed to manage bile leakage, most of the time the leakage will improve. The rare cases of prolonged bile leakage can be effectively managed by endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD). We report a case of prolonged bile leakage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy treated using ENBD.
