title: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the presence of a lumboperitoneal shunt.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales. KerwatRM@hotmail.com
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kerwat
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Murali Krishnan
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Appadurai
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Rees
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt