Case report of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the third trimester of pregnancy.
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.
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Department of Surgery, Grant Hospital of Chicago, Illinois.
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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