Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the presence of a lumboperitoneal shunt.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed safely in a 70-year-old man with a lumboperitoneal shunt. Techniques for preventing retrograde flow of carbon dioxide are described.
Kerwat
R M
RM
Departments of Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales. KerwatRM@hotmail.com
Murali Krishnan
V P
VP
Appadurai
I R
IR
Rees
B I
BI
D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt