title: Extraction of difficult gallbladders by laparoscopic cholecystectomy: development of a new retrieval system.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital of Barmherzigen Schwestern, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jiru
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lederer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kolb
mesh_terms: D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments