Laparoscopic bile duct injury: understanding the psychology and heuristics of the error.

Sidney W A Dekker; Thomas B. Hugh

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Laparoscopic bile duct injury: understanding the psychology and heuristics of the error.

February 11, 2009

Dekker SWA, Hugh TB. ANZ J Surg. 2008;78(12):1109-14.

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This review of the literature on bile duct injury during cholecystectomy focuses on cognitive errors made by surgeons, including inappropriate use of heuristics.

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