Extraction of difficult gallbladders by laparoscopic cholecystectomy: development of a new retrieval system.
The retrieval of elusive or torn gallbladders or of those with large stones and lost calculi is often difficult and time-consuming. We developed an extractor to recover these difficult gallbladders and have already used this extraction method successfully in 26 patients.
Gruber
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Hospital of Barmherzigen Schwestern, Vienna, Austria.
Jiru
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P
Lederer
K
K
Kolb
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R
D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments