title: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pregnancy.
abstract: Pregnancy has generally been considered a contraindication to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The authors present a case of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 37-year-old patient who was 18 weeks pregnant. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be safely accomplished during pregnancy, provided that the open technique of insertion of the first cannula is used, and all subsequent trocars be inserted under direct vision.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, Sir Mortimer B. Davis, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Sigman
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second