title: Combining laparoscopic cholecystectomy and (peri) umbilical herniorrhaphy.
abstract: Clinically significant umbilical hernias are frequently encountered in patients needing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It is safer and quicker to first expose and reduce the hernia in a standard fashion rather than endoscopically. Cholecystectomy can then be done with a Hasson trocar, as camera port, in the hernia defect. Herniorrhaphy is performed after gallbladder extraction.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Ikard
mesh_terms: D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods