Open AccessLaparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with portal cavernoma without portal vein decompression
Author(s) -
Shridhar Vasantrao Sasturkar,
Nitesh Agrawal,
Asit Arora,
Manoj Kumar,
Ragini Kilambi,
Shalini Thapar,
Chattopadhyay Tk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_106_20
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , cholecystectomy , gallbladder , magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography , portal hypertension , portal vein thrombosis , laparoscopy , radiology , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , thrombosis , cirrhosis , pancreatitis
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction causing portal cavernoma (PC) is considered high risk because of portosystemic collateral veins in the hepatocystic triangle. The literature is limited to isolated case reports. We describe our experience of LC in patients with PC.