A simple technique for decompression of distended gallbladder during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, distended gallbladder can create exposure difficulties, that precludes adequate visualization, thus rendering laparoscopic dissection impossible and even unsafe. To overcome this problems, we devised a simple technique for the decompression of distended gallbladders.
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Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard, Weston, FL 33331, USA. saber@KCMS.MSU.edu
Rosin
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Brasesco
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Avital
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Rosenthal
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D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000601:surgery*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans