title: Incarcerated indirect inguinal hernia: a complication of spilled gallstones.
abstract: Spillage of gallstones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy is not a rare event. We present a patient with spilled calculi causing an incarcerated hernia.
authors.affiliation: North General Hospital, New York City, NY 10035, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bebawi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wassef
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramcharan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bapat
mesh_terms: 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