Jc. Copher et al., TROCAR-SITE METASTASIS FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR UNSUSPECTED CARCINOMA OF THE GALLBLADDER - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Surgical endoscopy, 9(3), 1995, pp. 348-350
Fifteen cases of trocar-size metastasis from unsuspected gallbladder c
arcinoma following laparoscopic cholecystectomy have been reported in
the literature, We present the case of a 66-year-old woman who develop
ed this complication 2 1/2 months postoperatively. We feel that carcin
oma of the gallbladder is a contraindication to laparoscopic cholecyst
ectomy. When unsuspected lesions are discovered, intraoperative frozen
-section lesions will facilitate the surgical management.