Society guideline links: Biliary complications following surgery

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

The recommendations in the following guidelines may vary from those that appear in UpToDate topic reviews. Readers who are looking for UpToDate topic reviews should use the UpToDate search box to find the relevant content.

Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Gallbladder surgery".)

United States

●Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES): Safe cholecystectomy multi-society practice guideline and state of the art consensus conference on prevention of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy (2020)

●SAGES: Guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic biliary tract surgery (2010)

Europe

●European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE): Clinical guideline for endoscopic biliary stenting – Indications, choices of stents, and results, updated 2017 (published 2018)

•ESGE: Clinical guideline for biliary stenting – Indications, choice of stents and results (2012)

●ESGE: Position statement on diagnosis and management of iatrogenic endoscopic perforations (2014)

●European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES): Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2012)