Perioperative infection control manual: gallblader and bile ducts

Abstract

Surgery for biliary tract diseases includes hepatectomy with biliary reconstruction for gallbladder cancer and hilar cholangiocarcinoma and cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis and acute cholecystitis. Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative infection control including systemic management, optimal administration of antibacterial drugs, and control of the source of infection is necessary to reduce infectious complication in biliary tract surgery. Since biliary tract infections sometimes lead to serious condition such as sepsis, early diagnosis and treatment of infection are important for safe biliary tract surgery.