Persistence of the gallbladder following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case report.
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.
Cohen
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Section of Endoscopy, Beth Israel Medical Center North Division, New York, USA.
Attiyeh
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Kasmin
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Siegel
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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