PERSISTENCE OF THE GALLBLADDER FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY- A CASE-REPORT

Authors
COHEN SA ATTIYEH FF KASMIN FE SIEGEL JH
Citation
Sa. Cohen et al., PERSISTENCE OF THE GALLBLADDER FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY- A CASE-REPORT, Endoscopy, 27(4), 1995, pp. 334-336
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology",Surgery
Journal title
Endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
0013726X
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
334 - 336
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-726X(1995)27:4<334:POTGFL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the technique of choice for cholecyste ctomy, No experience with congenital abnormalities of the gallbladder has been reported. We report here the case of a 42-year-old woman who developed recurrent symptoms seven months after laparoscopic cholecyst ectomy and was found to have the majority of her gallbladder still int act. We speculate that the patient had a bilobate gallbladder as the e xplanation for the mishap. She subsequently underwent open repeat surg ery.