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Spilled gallstones—complications of abdominal-wall abscesses

✍ Scribed by C. B. Carlin; R. B. Kent; H. L. Laws

Publisher
Springer
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
219 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
0930-2794

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✦ Synopsis

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the preferred method for removal of the diseased gallbladder. While its morbidity and mortality rates are lower than those of the open technique, it does have associated complications which may cause significant morbidity. The morbidity associated with spilled gallstones is not well studied and little can be found in the literature on this subject. We encountered a patient who developed abscesses within the abdominal wall following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We recommend that spilled gallstones be removed when possible and that surgeons be aware of this possible complication.

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One case is reported and 14 others are culled from the literature. Each patient experienced an intraperitoneal abscess with a gallstone nidus following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Each required open surgical drainage weeks or months after the initial laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The natural biol