Minimally invasive surgery for post cholecystectomy biliary stricture: current evidence and future perspectives

Table 1 Studies on laparoscopic repair of postcholecystectomy biliary stricture

Ref.	Year	Patients	Strasberg injury type	Method of reconstruction	Mean operative time (min)	Blood loss (mL)	Conversion to open	Overall morbidity	Specific biliary complications	Length of stay (d)	Follow up
Cuendis-Velázquezet al[7]	2016	29	C, E1-E4	HJ	240	200	1	31.03	Bile leak–5 patients. One patient required laparotomy and drainage of bile collection	8	36 (range 7-36) mon, Anastomotic patency rate 96.6%
Gomez et al[9]	2020	20	E1-E4	HJ	146.5	15-50	None	10%	One patient had bile leak and was managed conservatively	4.5 (mean)	5 yr–no long-term complications
Sahoo et al[8]	2021	16		HJ	280	176	None	12.5%	Two patients had bile leak and were managed conservatively	8.5	28 mo
Javed et al[10]	2021	29	E1-E5	HJ-13 patients, HD-16 patients	210	50	None	20%	Four patients had bile leak and were managed conservatively	6	9 mo–one patient had anastomotic strictest and managed with repeater dilations

HJ: Hepaticojejunostomy; HD: Hepaticoduodenostomy.