title: An unusual case of a retained stone following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: A patient with gallstone pancreatitis was managed by endoscopic sphincterotomy followed by a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. At the time of surgery, an intraoperative cholangiogram disclosed the presence of a residual calculus, which was erroneously thought to be in the common bile duct. A repeat ERCP showed that the stone was, in fact, in a long cystic duct stump which was fortunately accessible to endoscopic extraction.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Waldenfels
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pace
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003549:Cystic Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic