title: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy after Vertical Banded Gastroplasty.
abstract: Following vertical gastroplasty, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been performed in 27 consecutive patients who developed symptomatic gallstones. Dissection identified structures without difficulty in these patients, and problems were not encountered in these procedures with the laparoscopic technique
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery and Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, St. Joseph's Health Center, Toronto, Ontario, M6R 1B5, Canada.
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deitel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harmantas