The migrating spilled stone.
Two cases of late complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy following parietal breach are reported. The escaped unretrievable infected lost gallstones behave subsequently like foreign bodies and migrate out of the peritoneal cavity. Two patients presented seven months and two years later with abscesses containing stones. Early recognition and effective surgical treatment are the only guarantee of success.
Hôpital des Cadolles, Service de Chirurgie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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Groebli
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Hebert
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Tschantz
D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed