DUPLICATE GALLBLADDER DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
CUMMISKEY RD CHAMPAGNE LP
Citation
Rd. Cummiskey et Lp. Champagne, DUPLICATE GALLBLADDER DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy, 7(3), 1997, pp. 268-270
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
10517200
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
268 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-7200(1997)7:3<268:DGDLC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Congenital duplication of a gallbladder is a rare anatomic malformatio n. This malformation is rarely diagnosed preoperatively and usually is discovered during the course of cholecystectomy. Whether discovered p reoperatively or intraoperatively, biliary anatomy should be assessed, then cholecystectomy should be performed on both gallbladders. Report ed is a case of a duplicate gallbladder managed by performance of lapa roscopic cholecystectomy.