Olmez, AydemirHatipoglu, SinanItik, VeyisKotan, Cetin2025-05-102025-05-1020121941-592310.12659/AJCR.8834992-s2.0-84868557575https://doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.883499https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14720/1301Hatipoglu, Sinan/0000-0002-4423-084XBackground: Injuries of the biliary tree, which mainly occur as a complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, are a potentially life threatening cause of high morbidity and mortality. The reported frequency of biliary injuries after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is from 0.5-0.8%. Such injuries may sometimes become too complicated for surgical repair. Presented here is the case of a patient with a major bile duct injury for whom bile duct continuity was achieved using a T-tube. Case Report: A 53-year-old man, who developed bile duct injury following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed in another center for cholelithiasis, was referred to our clinic. A Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy was performed in the early postoperative period. However, ensuing anastomotic leakage prompted undoing of the hepaticojejunostomy followed by placement of a T-tube by which bile duct continuity was achieved. Conclusions: For injuries with tissue loss requiring external drainage, T-tube bridging offers a feasible option in that it provides bile duct continuity with biliary flow into the duodenum, as well as achieving external drainage, thus alleviating the need for further definitive surgery.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessIatrogenic Bile Duct InjuryT-Tube BridgingExternal And Internal Biliary DrainageArticle13N/AQ224724923569540WOS:000420969300070