In particular, lesions with a structural defect of the hepatic or common bile duct (n = 15 ... First, all patients with biliary leakages and bile duct strictures diagnosed from January 1996 ...

In patients with bile duct strictures, the most frequent localization was the common hepatic duct (7/12 patients) near the cystic duct stump. Other localizations were the choledochal duct (4/12 ...