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General Surgery Complications

1. During a difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the common hepatic duct was erroneously identified as the cystic duct, clipped and fully divided superior to the junction with the cystic duct near the bifurcation. This is identified intra-operatively as the cystic duct later came into vision with further dissection. The most appropriate management in this case is conversion to an open procedure with: