Application of 3D visualization technology facilitates repair of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Study

Application of 3D visualization technology facilitates repair of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy suggests a study published in the BMC Surgery.

This study aimed to explore the application value of three-dimensional (3D) visualization technology in the early surgical repair of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 15 patients who underwent early surgical repair of bile duct injury during LC with the assistance of 3D visualization technology at the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region People’s Hospital from January 2019 to December 2022.

Postoperative efficacy and long-term follow-up outcomes were summarized. Results: Before the repair surgery, 15 cases of bile duct injury during LC were evaluated using 3D visualization technology according to the Strasberg-Bismuth classification: 2 cases of type C, 4 of type E1, 3 of type E2, 3 of type E3, and 3 of type E4. Intraoperative findings were consistent with the 3D visualization reconstruction results, and all patients successfully underwent hepaticojejunostomy using Roux-en-Y anastomosis guided by the 3D visualization navigation.