Incarcerated indirect inguinal hernia: a complication of spilled gallstones.
Spillage of gallstones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy is not a rare event. We present a patient with spilled calculi causing an incarcerated hernia.
Bebawi
M
M
North General Hospital, New York City, NY 10035, USA.
Wassef
S
S
Ramcharan
A
A
Bapat
K
K
D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome