title: Trocar site abscess due to spilled gallstones: an unusual late complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: We describe a case of a 31-year-old woman who had an unusual complication after undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A subcutaneous abscess developed at the site of a 5-mm subcostal accessory port several months postoperatively. When drained, the abscess contained small gallstones that had spilled into the peritoneal cavity upon extraction of the gallbladder during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery A, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dreznik
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Soper
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D012421:Rupture; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*