Table 1: Bile duct injury classification.
| Amsterdam Academical Medical Center | Bismuth-Strasberg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Description | n (%) | Type | Description | n (%) |
| A | Cystic duct leaks or leakage from aberrant or peripheral hepatic radicles |
E1 | Common hepatic duct division/stricture, > 2 cm from bifurcation |
5 (11.1) | |
| B | Major bile duct leaks with or without concomitant biliary strictures |
11 (24.4) | E2 | Common hepatic duct division/stricture, < 2 cm from bifurcation |
13 (28.9) |
| C | Bile duct strictures without bile leakage | 14 (31.1) | E3 | Common bile duct division/stricture at bifurcation |
10 (22.2) |
| D | Complete transection of the duct with or without excision of some portion of the biliary tree |
20 (44.4) | E4 | Hilar stricture/division, involvement of confluence and loss of communication between right and left hepatic duct |
15 (33.3) |
| E5 | Involvement of aberrant right hepatic duct alone or with concomitant stricture of the common hepatic duct |
2 (4.4) | |||