title: Case report of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the third trimester of pregnancy.
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has not been reported during pregnancy. This is the first reported case of a cholecystectomy by laparoscopic technique in the third trimester of pregnancy. The patient (and her baby) had a rapid, uneventful recovery identical to that of a nonpregnant patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Grant Hospital of Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Pucci
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Seed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third