title: A simple technique for decompression of distended gallbladder during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard, Weston, FL 33331, USA. saber@KCMS.MSU.edu
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Saber
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosin
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Brasesco
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avital
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: 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