Lost gallstones found in a hernial sac.
Spillage of bile and gallstones is not a rare event during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The natural history of spilled and retained stones is not well defined. We report of such lost stones that were found several months later in a hernia sac.
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Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Korianski
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Yudich
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Ayalon
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D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation