Open AccessSPILLED GALL STONE DURING LAPCHOLE;
Author(s) -
Abdolali Assarian,
Michael Cronin,
P. Thomas
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2008.15.03.2825
Subject(s) - medicine , gallstones , laparotomy , abdominal cavity , lithotripsy , percutaneous , surgery , abscess , spillage , drainage , gall , general surgery , waste management , ecology , biology , botany , engineering
Spillage of gallstones has been reported during 7% of laparoscopiccholecystectomies. When associated with infected bile, this can cause intra-abdominal abscess formation resistant tosimple drainage. In these cases laparotomy is usually indicated. We found few previous reports of percutaneousgallstone removal from the abdominal cavity, one of which used lithotripsy for stone extraction. We describe anothersuccessful case of percutaneous intra-abdominal gallstone removal using lithotripsy.