title: [Gallbladder agenesis in the laparoscopic era: report of a case].
abstract: The authors report an observed case and re-examine the incidence of this defect; they underline the possibility of the diagnosis during the fetal age and the association with one o more defects, sometimes incompatible with the life; in the adult, on the contrary, may be evidence of an associated litiasic pathology of the ++epato-choledocus or of the stenosis of the oddian sphincter. On the base of the diagnostic previous experiences, they elaborate the proposal of an algorythm and underline the utility of a laparoscopic diagnosis either in the pre-operative doubious cases or in the intra-operative diagnosed cases.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Prestidio Ospedaliero di Lanciano.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Staniscia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sardellone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cericola
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lesti
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged