title: Persistence of the gallbladder following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case report.
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the technique of choice for cholecystectomy. No experience with congenital abnormalities of the gallbladder has been reported. We report here the case of a 42-year-old woman who developed recurrent symptoms seven months after laparoscopic cholecystectomy and was found to have the majority of her gallbladder still intact. We speculate that the patient had a bilobate gallbladder as the explanation for the mishap. She subsequently underwent open repeat surgery.
authors.affiliation: Section of Endoscopy, Beth Israel Medical Center North Division, New York, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Attiyeh
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Kasmin
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000295:instrumentation; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D017211:Treatment Failure