Abstract
We report a patient with complete common hepatic duct obstruction 10 months after intraoperative bile duct injury and successfully treated by magnetic compression anastomosis. A 69-year-old woman had undergone cholecystectomy for cholecystolithiais. During the surgery, bile duct was injured due to severe inflammation, and the injured bile duct was repaired and the T-tube was placed. Seven months later, obstructive jaundice was developed and cholangiography and cholangioscopy through the percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) showed a complete obstruction at the common hepatic duct. She was refered to our hospital and the magnetic compression anastomosis was applied to the patient. An anastomosis was created between the common hepatic duct and common bile duct on 35 days after magnetic compression, and biliary stent was left for 3 months thereafter. She is now doing well 27 months after the treatment.
