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Anomalous biliary and vascular anatomy—Potential pitfalls during cholecystectomy
Author(s) -
Grimes N.,
Mark D.,
McKie L.,
Scoffield J.,
Kirk G.,
Taylor M.,
Diamond T.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.22895
Subject(s) - medicine , dissection (medical) , cholecystectomy , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , anatomy , general surgery , surgery
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is usually a low‐risk procedure associated with a short stay and a low rate of conversion to open surgery. Complications are sometimes associated with anomalous vascular or biliary anatomy. Outlined below are the variations in vascular and biliary anatomy which may result in complications either due to involvement in the inflammatory process or inadvertent division during dissection. Clin. Anat. 30:1103–1106, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.