Timing of surgical repair of bile duct injuries after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A systematic review

Table 4 Outcome according to timing of bile duct injury repair

Timing of repair	Immediate n = 705	Early n = 1378		Delayed n = 1364	Late n = 1286	P
Type of surgery
HJS	89 (72-100)	77 (75-91)	100 (96-100)		95 (91-100)	0.132
End-to-end	32 (19-57)	21 (13-47)	3 (2-10)		-	0.265
Complications	34 (21-41)	21 (20-29)		25 (16-36)	28 (19-38)	0.789
Bile leak	21 (12-36)	7 (5-12)		12 (0-24)	5 (5-14)	0.653
Wound infection	23 (12-35)	-		10 (7- 28)	9 (7-12)	0.456
Liver dysfunction	8 (5-11)	-		-	-	-
Cholangitis	11 (10-31)	11 (7-25)		13 (8- 59)	10 (4-18)	0.684
Jaundice	9 (4-14)	-		-	-	-
Redo HJS	33 (3-43)	8 (3-31)		20 (10-31)	3 (1-8)	0.642
Intervention	16 (14- 17)	5 (2-12)		24 (23- 25)	-	0.035
Stricture	17 (13-41)	29 (14-39)		25 (15- 62)	13 (11- 19)	0.821
Time to stricture	11 (4-29)	50 (12-89)		14 (14-30)	-	0.642
Mortality	1 (0-5)	2 (0-1)		3 (1-5)	0	0.832

HJS: Hepaticojejunostomy.