3. Most common duct anomaly?
Right sectoral ducts draining directly into the CBD
4. Arterial anomalies
“Replaced”: substitute for the normal one
“Accessory”: in addition to the normal one
Replaced right hepatic: from the SMA
Replaced left hepatic: from the LEFT Gastric A.
7. Bile facts
Daily amount: 600 to 1,000mL
Primary bile acids: Cholic & Chenodeoxycholic acids
Synthesized in the liver by what enzyme?: 7-alpha-hydroxylase
Conjugated with what amino acids? Glycine or Taurine
Reabsorption occurs where?: Terminal ileum
Bilirubin is a breakdown product of?: Biliverdin (from heme)
8. Syndromes
Elevated unconjugated Bili after stress?
Gilbert Disease
Elevated Conjugated Bili?
Dubin-Johnson Syndrome (secretion)
Rotor Syndrome (storage)
9. Gallstones (8-15% of the population)
Cholesterol stones: imbalance of cholesterol, lecithin, and bile acids
Black pigment stones: hemolysis, long-term TPN
Brown pigment stones: infections, parasites. Usually form within the bile ducts
11. Cholangitis
Charcot Triad: fever, jaundice, RUQ pain
Reynold pentad: add hypotension and mental status changes
Bugs: E. coli >> Enterococcus >> Klebsiella >> Proteus >> Pseudomonas >> Enterobacter
Treatment?
- EMERGENT BILIARY DECOMPRESSION (ERCP or PTC)
12. Choledocholithiasis
Dx: MRCP, ERCP, IOC
DX pre-op? >> ERCP
DX intraop? >>
- Glucagon and flush with saline
- CBD exploration, saline, fogarty balloon, basket, choledochoscope, close over a T-tube if open
15. Gallbladder Histology/ Cancer
Mucosa
Muscularis propria
Serosa
NO SUBMUCOSA!!!!!!!!!!!
Bottom Line: if it invades the muscularis (T1b) or deeper, you must resect segments IVB and V
and do a regional lymph node dissection
16. Lap chole post-op complications
Patient in shock?
- Return to OR for bleeding
Persistent nausea, vomiting, pain, or jaundice?
- Ultrasound
- Fluid collection? – Drain it. HIDA may help visualize leak, as will ERCP
- Bilious fluid?- ERCP and stent to seal the leak
No fluid, but dilated hepatic ducts
- Worry about transected CBD
17. CBD injury after Lap Chole
Injury <50% circumference: end-to-end repair of duct
Injury >50% circumference, left or right duct: Hepaticojejunostomy reconstruction
18. Gallstone ileus
S/S of bowel obstruction
Elderly patients
Pneumobilia on imaging (50%)
Treatment?
- Ex-lap, removal of stone
through proximal enterotomy,
exploration of entire length of bowel,
cholecystectomy
20. Choledochal cysts
Types 1,2,4: resect & reconstruct
Type 3: transduodenal cyst excision
Type 5: Liver transplant
*Surgery due to risk of future
malignancy