Pedicled omental onlay flap for post-traumatic intrahepatic major ductal injury

APSP J Case Rep. 2013 Oct 16;4(3):38. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

We report a 5-year-old girl who presented with post traumatic biliary leakage that failed to respond to conservative management for two weeks. Surgical exploration in the third week revealed a partially healed 5 cm long hepatic laceration in the right lobe of the liver. Bile was found leaking through a rent in the major right intra-hepatic duct at the apex of liver laceration. A pedicled onlay omental flap was used to buttress this rent as direct closure was not possible due to friable tissue. The child recovered uneventfully.

Keywords: Bile leak; Omental flap; Post traumatic intra-hepatic bile duct.

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