title: Colovesical fistula due to a lost gallstone following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: report of a case.
abstract: We report the case of a 74-year-old man with a colovesical fistula caused by a gallstone that was lost during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy 7 months earlier. The patient was cured after undergoing colonoscopic removal of the stone. To our knowledge this is the first case report of such a complication in the English literature. The report reviews the outcome and complications of retained intraperitoneal gallstones.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Jordan University Hospital, Amman.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Daoud
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Awwad
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Masad
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*