title: Successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a child with upper transverse scarring: report of a case.
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) was safely performed for cholelithiasis in a 4-year-old boy who had a long transverse operative scar in the upper abdomen as a result of intestinal surgery performed during the neonatal period. The adhesions beneath the scar were sharply divided and sometimes coagulated, and additional working ports were subsequently placed as the adhesiolysis proceeded. LC was performed in the usual fashion using 5-mm titanium clips, and his postoperative course was uneventful. This case report serves to demonstrate that laparoscopic surgery is feasible even for pediatric patients who have undergone previous major intraabdominal surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuzawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013525:Surgical Instruments