ISOLATED DUPLICATIONS OF THE CYSTIC DUCT - CASE-REPORT AND IMPLICATIONS IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
NG JWT YEUNG GHC LEE WM TSE S
Citation
Jwt. Ng et al., ISOLATED DUPLICATIONS OF THE CYSTIC DUCT - CASE-REPORT AND IMPLICATIONS IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy, 6(4), 1996, pp. 310-314
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
10517200
Volume
6
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
310 - 314
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-7200(1996)6:4<310:IDOTCD>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
During laparoscopic cholecystectomy on an elderly patient, we were ala rmed to find another ''cystic'' duct after division of the cystic duct , and the operation was converted to open laparotomy. This is the firs t documented case in the English literature of duplication of a cystic duct with two ducts joining the common hepatic duct at the same level . This and other anatomic variations are important considerations in t he safe performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.