PERSISTENT GALLBLADDER AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
DEANS GT BROUGH WA
Citation
Gt. Deans et Wa. Brough, PERSISTENT GALLBLADDER AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Minimally invasive therapy, 3(4), 1994, pp. 215-216
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Minimally invasive therapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
0961625X
Volume
3
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
215 - 216
Database
ISI
SICI code
0961-625X(1994)3:4<215:PGALC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
An ultrasound scan is recommended for the investigation of post-cholec ystectomy symptoms. In two patients ultrasound scan reported a persist ent gall-bladder following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ERCP identifi ed a choledochal cyst in one and no abnormality in the other. Failure to detect choledochal cysts is equally likely following laparoscopic a nd open surgery, and ERCP should be considered the investigation of ch oice for recurrent symptoms following cholecystectomy.